To be prime minister, you need to fight many entities, you need to be very determined. It's not going to fall in your lap.
— Ayelet Shaked
I was right wing in my outlook from a very early age, and during my service in the army, which is a melting pot, I was introduced to religious Zionism. I connected with that circle of people on an ideological basis.
I would rather not meddle in the domestic politics of the United States.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the public is entitled to know what the legal views of a Supreme Court candidate are.
To anyone who sees himself as right-wing, I say you should vote right-wing.
Around us in the Middle East there is total chaos. I'm not willing to give up on my land for this chaos.
I was a Likud member for many years. The problem in the Likud is that every leader takes the Likud to the left. It wasn't easy for me to take this step.
I was always a right-wing girl as far back as I can remember.
Israel is not an anarchy.
Israel is a Jewish state. It isn't a state of all its nations. That is, equal rights to all citizens but not equal national rights.
I think that 'Judaizing the Galilee' is not an offensive term. We used to talk like that.
The Kurds are an ancient, democratic, peace-loving people that have never attacked any country.
We spoke at endless cabinet meetings about the need to stop the flow of money to the families of terrorists and to the terrorists in jails.
I think, as a secular woman who heads a religious party and lives in Tel Aviv, we don't have so many problems on religion and state. Politicians, like Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, are trying to create these problems for all different reasons and interests in order to get more votes.
Cabinet resolutions approving mass releases of terrorists deal a mortal blow to the status of Israel's judges and courts.
The issue of prohibiting pardons shouldn't be a political one, but a legal and moral one that relates to the details of the specific case before the court.
A woman can do anything... even lead the country.
The Knesset has balances that will not allow it to pass legislation that would destroy democracy from within.
I just want to faithfully represent the public that voted for me and diligently work for all the people in Israel. If I can do that, I don't care what anyone says about me.
Naftali Bennett and I have a method in life: We believe in seizing opportunities.
In the absolute majority of western democracies - elected officials are the ones who appoint the highest bench in the judicial system. There is no reason for us to lag behind.
There are differences between the Right and the Likud.
It's one of the most important things in life to provide someone with a job.
I remember when I was very young, perhaps 8-years old, I saw a debate between Shimon Peres and Yitzchak Shamir and I really liked Shamir. So I think since then, even though I was just a child, I've considered myself right-wing.
When I was in the army in the Golani troops, I served with Zionist and modern Orthodox guys and I became friends with them.
Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them or don't agree with them.
From a constitutional point of view there is an advantage to democracy and it must be balanced and the Supreme Court should be given another constitutional tool that will also give power to Judaism.
My associates and I always allied with Netanyahu in complicated political maneuvers.
The Kurdish people are a partner for the Israeli people.
Heading the ideological Right is more important than being in the Likud.
Everyone must have their rights, and in fact everyone gets their rights.
The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.
I've had it with those women - women! - who seek to undermine the serious work of women in Israeli politics by describing them as 'attractive and elegant' but utterly vacant.
The arrogance of secular Jews regarding the ultra-Orthodox community and their attempt to impose on it a different lifestyle is inappropriate.
The governments that were in power before Naftali Bennett and I went into politics, before the Jewish Home party gained strength, were right-wing governments that carried on with the policies of the left.
I'd like to see the haredim become part of the Israeli society.
The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its bite. But I will also not allow it to eat away at the legal authority of the legislative and executive branches. We must find the formula for the right balance between the branches.
Judge Sarah Frisch is a wonderful woman, and does an excellent job.
I want to establish a right-wing government.
I have many close friends who are religious Zionists and I think if we can be good friends, work together and serve in the army together, then there is no reason we should not be part of the same party.
I went to study electronic engineering and computer science because I was good at math and my father told me it is a very good profession. And so I did it, although it wasn't really my passion. Then I went to work at Texas Instruments.
I was always interested in politics.
It's not good for Israel to have a Palestinian state in the heart of Israel.
The state should say that there is place to maintain the Jewish majority even if it violates rights.
Netanyahu wants to make me and my party out as small, lame and uninfluential.
We must openly call for the establishment of a Kurdish state that separates Iran from Turkey, one which will be friendly towards Israel.
I don't pick the leader of another party. Likud picked Netanyahu.
In the past, there were groups which felt that the High Court didn't represent them.
Anyone who has followed my work knows that I'm an advocate of reducing the power of the High Court of Justice, according to the principle of separation of powers.
Segregation is not exclusion.