As a citizen of a democratic state, I have always believed that when a prime minister is elected in Israel, even those who voted against him at the polls are obligated to desire his success.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Since Israel is a democratic state surrounded by essentially undemocratic states which have sworn her destruction, those interested in democracy everywhere must support Israel's existence.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.
The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a way to address this.
Israel must take decisions that are good to Israel. We must not try to satisfy anyone else, including our closest ally, the United States of America.
We want Israel as a democratic and Jewish state. So you have to maintain a Jewish majority, and you want to do that by legal means, by democratic means.
If I were in the government, I would persuade the prime minister to see the beauty in the fact that people see Israel as a haven - from their sadness to their hope.
We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy - not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values.
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.
Israel cannot be a democracy if it occupies land of other people.