For Me, Peace Should Provide Security To

We Believe Only In Deeds And Acts And Not In Declarations. We Are Fed Up With All Those Declarations, Promises.

Every Time We Do Something You Tell Me America Will Do This And Will Do That . . . I Want To Tell You Something Very Clear: Don't Worry About American Pressure On Israel. We, The Jewish People, Control America, And The Americans Know It.

I Begin With The Basic Conviction That Jews And Arabs Can Live Together. I Have Repeated That At Every Opportunity, Not For Journalists And Not For Popular Consumption, But Because I Have Never Believed Differently Or Thought Differently, From My Childhood On. ... I Know That We Are Both Inhabitants Of The Land, And Although The State Is Jewish, That Does Not Mean That Arabs Should Not Be Full Citizens In Every Sense Of The Word.

I Am Ready To Compromise, But There Is One Thing I Won't Compromise On: The Safety Of The Israeli People.

I Cannot Deny That I Have Doubts, Reservations And Fears. However, I Have Come To The Conclusion That In The Present Regional And International Reality, Israel Must Act With Courage To Accept The Political Plan Which I Described.