I will not sit with Netanyahu in the government!
— Benny Gantz
In a place of pain, there is space for everyone.
On my watch, Iran will not become a regional power. And I will not hesitate to use force when needed.
Trust me, I am proud of our country. I will never be ashamed of it.
Israel is truly, for me, before everything.
Israel will do all in its power to ensure that from Paris to Jacksonville, from Berlin to Manchester, Jews can walk on the streets without hiding their identity.
As someone who prepared our forces to deal with the multiplicity of operational and strategic challenges our country faces, I am confident about Israel's capability to defend itself.
When I will be the prime minister of Israel, I will embrace all streams of Judaism.
I can't consider the Fifth Dimension to be a success story.
The children of Israel will not grow up in a state where some of its leaders sanctify hatred. I won't let hate win.
We will maintain security in the entire Land of Israel.
When you have nothing to say, you don't talk.
I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt.
I sleep at night, but I don't sleep well.
I always said my favorite position was company commander in the Paratroop Brigade.
As a company commander you have absolute definitions: the mission, the people.
It's unreasonable to me that there's a government in which the culture minister attacks the institutions she's responsible for. The justice minister attacks the institutions she's responsible for. The internal security minister attacks the institutions he's responsible for. The Cabinet attacks the IDF, and the prime minister attacks everyone.
We must learn to live together, and the framework of Zionism must know how to include everyone.
The capital of Israel is Jerusalem, no matter what.
We are Jewish soldiers. Our battle orders include the rules of engagement and the Ten Commandments. The computer code of the F-35 and the moral code of the prophets of Israel.
My family, my friends, we live in a democratic country and people have the right to express their opinions.
Peace between leaders and peace on the ground will strengthen the interests of all.
I want the children of Israel to believe that there can be a better tomorrow.
The Western Wall is long enough for us all.
Throughout our history, our fight for survival and freedom has been empowered by a secret weapon: Our unity.
In many ways, my life has begun before I was born. It began in the moment my mother Malka walked out of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Israel will never surrender to hatred.
I do not hate Likudniks, I do not hate anyone.
There's no shame in longing for peace.
I plan to serve the State of Israel.
I have been a soldier and a commander for many years and know how to differentiate between things - not to be busy all the time with the most sensitive matters and to give everything its due attention without having the issues that cause concern to constantly be troubling or worrisome.
We are a temperate state.
Let it be clear: I don't hate Bibi.
I have the duty to protect my people, hurt my enemy, do the best I can with as few uninvolved casualties as possible - I can't have zero innocent casualties - and at minimum risk to the lives of our soldiers.
After Operation Protective Edge, I visited every one of the bereaved families. Religious and secular, rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jews and non-Jews.
Not like other countries, we will never ask anyone to fight for us.
I am a soldier. That is who I am. That is what I do.
I love Israel, am proud of it.
I'll never miss an opportunity to achieve peace.
I will not shy away from the prospect of peace because I believe our people, and any people, should have something to believe in.
We are part of an inspiringly colorful mosaic of cultures and traditions. I will nurture this pluralism.
I'm not some tycoon and I don't consider myself a businessman.
I am making every effort to reach out to all party leaders with one clear message: Israel is bigger and more important than any one leader.
Our system of government in Israel has permitted minority groups and sectarian parties to force their way on the majority.
Don't drag the Mossad into political arguments. These are people who can't defend themselves.
Israeli Arabs are equal citizens.
I love to run and do it every day. I run slowly, by the way.
The latenight hours are apparently those in which the mind runs wild with scenarios and thoughts that during the daytime I know how to direct and organize.
The State of Israel is the strongest in the region and will remain so.
Netanyahu has taken on the toughest job in the State of Israel, and as someone who truly gives of himself, I consider him a patriot.
