The people of Israel have lived 3,700 years without a memorandum of understanding with America and will continue to live without it another 3,700 years.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In Israel politics, four years is like 400 years in Europe.
Many occasions I've sat down with Israelis to say, where do you see your country in 10 years time, and work me back, so we can figure out the synergies and the connections between Israel and the rest of the Arab world. No Israeli has ever been able to answer that question.
Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.
Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
The days that Israel was separated from Europe are gone.
Most of the Israelis reside in settlement blocs which will be part of the state of Israel in the future, and they will remain in their homes.
The Land of Israel needs to build and be built, period.
The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.
Israel has been absent for many years from entire regions in the world.
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.