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Israel has many hopes, and faces extreme dangers. The most prominent danger is Iran, which is making every effort to acquire nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and establishing an enormous terror network together with Syria in Lebanon.

The threat that Syria might transfer more advanced weapons to Hezbollah has existed for a long time.

Any Israeli attack on Lebanon, Iran, Syria or Gaza will be met with a fierce response.

There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore.

In my opinion, the Hezbollah has going - they are going to discover sooner or later than in their top priority should preserve Lebanon.

The ultimate goal is to change Syria's behaviour on a variety of issues - on its interference in Lebanese internal affairs, on its support for Palestinian terrorist groups that oppose the Palestinian Authority, on, most importantly, acting as a land bridge between Iran and Hezbollah, where Hezbollah gets all its arms.

If Israel sees weapons moving toward its border, it acts.

Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong.

The last thing Israel is interested in is an escalation or some military action against Iran.

Israel is becoming a fortress. Fences along the borders with Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.