Palestinians who have reached a conclusion that, with terror, they can't achieve anything. And the way [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat has led them for years, terror and murder, hasn't brought them anything.

I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him.

What I've learned from my visit here is that the plan -- disengagement plan -- contributes to the security of Israel, contributes to the political situation of Israel in the world and helps our economy,

The United States was surprised to hear that Israel was allegedly planning to modify the (road map) plan, which we agreed upon and on which the diplomatic solution is based. We are forced to make many actions to calm the issue,

The handling of the problem of the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip is a very delicate and complicated one,

We attach vast importance to Egyptian activity in the Gaza Strip and along the border, but I don't intend to allow Egypt to become a mediator between Israelis and Palestinians,