The ministers in the government of Israel should be serious and responsible to correct what was done here in the last few years.

Some say that this is the Israelis' original sin. With this I do not agree but I think we can call it Israel's immaculate misconception.

The Israeli government has a long relationship with American evangelicals, ... They have been cultivated as a domestic pro-Israel political constituency, as well as a source of foreign exchange through the tourism industry, so offering some land sounds like an effort to deepen and expand those political and financial relationships.

Without the grant approval for the new project from the Israeli government, we would have decided against Israel as a location for FAB 28. But the grant approval together with an established workforce and infrastructure made Israel the best place for the new plant.

There is a golden opportunity with Arafat in power, with Clinton still in power, with this government in Israel that wants to make peace,

A process that the Israel government ... took upon itself in order to extend our hand in peace to the Palestinians. This is what Israel is willing to do in order to live in peace with the Palestinians.