I hope that France - and all of Europe - we would take an initiative for the year 2012 to be the year of peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like all Israelis, I yearn for peace. I see the utmost importance in taking all possible steps that will lead to a solution of the conflict with the Palestinians.
I think that peace will require two states, a Palestinian state that recognizes the Jewish state.
My greatest hope is that we will see a day when Israel will stand tall as a symbol of belonging across the Jewish world, and when global citizens will look to Jerusalem as the vibrant, modern, inclusive capital of Israel.
I would like to see real peace and a state of Israel living peacefully alongside a state of Palestine.
We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.
I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.
As long as there are no negotiations with the Palestinians, Israel is and will continue to be in a difficult situation.
I feel that we don't have the luxury of asking whether or not the Palestinians and Israelis can achieve peace. I think we have to just ask the question of when and how.
Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.
We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.