The central committee members are well aware that Israel should not be plunged into another election campaign.

We want to deal with President Abbas,

Words do not satisfy me. As long as there is no quiet, the terror organizations will not know quiet.

As long as there is no quiet, the terror groups will know no quiet,

The offensive action will continue also on the ground, from the air and the sea. The army will fight Hezbollah,

As a Jew and the defense minister in the State of Israel, it’s very difficult for me to instruct the Israel Defense Forces to destroy and blow up Jewish synagogues,

The Palestinian Authority has to move from words to deeds, … We will not be able to continue this process if the Palestinian Authority will not move to real action against the terror organizations.

We have to make it clear to the Palestinians that Israel will not let the recent events pass without a response,

The United States believes we have a right to defend our people, … The U.S. is very clear we have to give the best security to the Israeli people.

The simple fact is that they have not accepted any of the four rules, and this indicates their true intentions.

We don’t intend to ease up until they (the militants) understand we have a deterrent policy, … We have made it clear that we won’t allow this (rocket fire) to go on. The Gaza Strip...

We haven’t concluded yet which towns or when, … It is very possible that in some of the Palestinian towns, the handing over of responsibility will happen in the coming days. We are due to...

includes everything the state of Israel knows how to do, and everything the defense establishment knows how to do, so…the (Israeli) residents of communities around Gaza will be able to live in peace and quiet.

We are trying to ease life of the Palestinians and to improve the economic situation in the Palestinian side, but the main obstacle is the terror activities,

The response needs to be crushing.

This is the time for Palestinians to take action against Palestinian terror groups,

We will continue the targeted killings at this pace. No one will be immune.

broken the track that was supposed to give the diplomatic process a chance.

We can see clearly that the new rules Israel set in the Gaza Strip are making their mark, but they have yet to bring about a complete transformation within the Strip’s major bases of power,

On Monday the 12th of the month no Israeli army soldier will remain in the boundaries of the Gaza Strip.

I saw people torn apart and limbs scattered on all sides,

If the Hamas organization, Mahmoud al-Zahar, or Ismail Haniyah and the others continue with rocket fire, we will send them to the same place as Rantissi and Yassin. Let there be no doubt about it.

a proper balance between our security needs and the Palestinians’ economic needs.

We know that Iran transferred in the last month $1.8 million to the Islamic Jihad organization in order to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel.

Firing on Israeli soldiers continues,

Israel is continuing to be involved in the JSF project as an esteemed and important partner,

We will declare an end to military rule in Gaza, … We do not want to have any responsibility over Gaza.

To my regret, the projections came true. We will do everything we can to strike out at the infrastructure of the organization that carried out this act of terror.

If we don’t have quiet, the terror organisations will not know quiet,

I don’t think he has ever suffered from want in his entire life, and so the matter of poverty and compassion is far from his heart and also from his policy,

would be completed very soon.

It is a matter of days.

The evacuation was conducted honorably and within a shorter timetable than anticipated. We planned three weeks. But 50 to 60 percent (of settlers) had already left. This accelerated the pace of evacuations from the outset,

From now on, it’s zero tolerance to terrorism and the army is prepared to act in every possible way,

I am very anxious to reach an agreement, but we must acknowledge that the Palestinian partner does not measure up,

Hamas fired at Israeli sovereign territory after the disengagement, they killed innocent Palestinians at a rally and blamed Israel for it and to strengthen their lie they fired Qassam rockets on Sderot, … We will...

I grew up in a house where they cut the bread thick and spread thin,

I want to tell all the members of the house who don’t understand reality has changed, … does not endanger Israel’s security.

The connection between the Palestinian Authority and the smuggling operation is unequivocal, clear, and undeniable, … Official figures in the Palestinian Authority were involved, among them senior officials in the Palestinian naval police.

We have to make every effort to direct resources to strengthen the settlement blocs, … We must do everything possible to strengthen the residents’ feeling of security.

I am not at all sure that we will ever be able to reach a peace agreement with the current Palestinian leadership. We will have to wait for the next generation, … We need to...

The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to sell the JSF aircraft to Israel, … The answer is yes.

not there for decoration.

We will do everything we can so that attacks like these will not occur in the future.

does not pose a military threat to Israel.

to check out the measures needed in order to reduce this threat. We have to think about this, but so does every single country in the world.

I look with hope to the future, that the price we are paying … will in the end bring about a positive change in Israel’s situation,

I am not at all sure we could ever reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians’ present leadership. We shall have to wait for the next generation. The most we could expect is, perhaps, another...

We are carrying out a broad operation against terrorism, a broad operation against the Islamic Jihad infrastructure in light of Islamic Jihad’s intention to continue with suicide bombings.

Yes, the Israeli Army will continue to use all means necessary,