Undoubtedly, a democratic state without an alternative is a danger to democracy itself.

We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.

There is a crisis on the Right. It sees the Jewish and democratic state as a democracy for the Jews. This is something I cannot countenance.

We can establish a Jewish and democratic state, but the burden of proof is on us.

It pains me to see the gap that exists in the public's consciousness - religious and secular - between the notion of Israel as a Jewish state and as a democratic state.

There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.