I've been involved in ties with elements in the Arab world for years now. They wish to establish relations with Israel, but they cannot do so while there is no peace process.
— Tzipi Livni
My ideology is not connected to the Palestinians.
I'm not a person of mentors.
A leader in any place must ask himself who he identifies with, with which values, and towards what goals.
Supporting the war on terror is not an anti-Palestinian act. It is anti-terror.
Israel was established as a homeland for the Jewish people and embraced all the Jews who had to leave Arab states. This should be also the true meaning of the future Palestinian state. It should be the answer for the Palestinians wherever they are - those who live in the territories, and those who are being kept as political cards in refugee camps.
A romantic relationship requires honesty between a couple.
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.
For me, it is clear that when it comes to the need of Israel to defend itself, the role of the United States of America is crucial.
I think we need to change the system of elections in order to give less power to some sectors in Israeli society.
I worked in the Mossad for a few years.
The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region.
My husband is in branding. He brands places - cities, institutions.
What I am trying to say to Israel is, 'Listen, borders is something that we need, and hopefully, peace is something that we need.'
The Palestinian national movement is not an Islamic religious movement.
In a democracy, you need to have a strong judicial system. You need freedom of speech, you need art, and you need a free press.
When it comes to matters of religion and state, Bayit Yehudi is more extreme than the ultra-Orthodox.
It's important to be the gatekeeper against dangerous ideas.
I don't envy my teachers. I used to preach to them.
Turkey knows the importance of its ties with Israel; it knows it's in the same moderate camp with Israel, the moderate Palestinians and other Muslim countries, and the threat to Turkey is not from us.
I am a pretty good lawyer, and I decided to close the office and to enter politics.
Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.
Relations between countries are built on values and interests and many other things, but at the end of the day, leaders are also only human beings.
The role of a leader is to create a reality and not to be influenced by polls.
I don't think that everything is a zero-sum game in which, when the president of the United States says something, that means that he is pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli, or vice versa.
You know how my mother and father met? In a train robbery!
The last thing that Israel needs is to be part of the internal agenda in the United States between Republicans and Democrats.
There is a mutual interest between Israel and the United States of America. It is more than friendship - it is friendship plus mutual interest, and it is bipartisan.
On the right of Israel to exist and to defend itself, there is no opposition in Israel.
Everybody wants to live in peace.
I didn't go into politics out of concern for the Palestinians but out of concern for Israel.
We are fighting to keep Israel a democracy - not just in terms of its electoral system but also in terms of its values.
You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control.
When I make decisions, I'm not thinking about my parents. I'm thinking about my children.
Something that truly frustrates me is the impression in Israel that when you are talking about security, you are bold; you are tough: this is what we need against all the enemies that we have. And when someone is talking about peace, you know, it's the naive left wing, soft.
There is an essential difference between someone who harms a child on purpose and someone who harms a child by accident during combat in civilian territory.
I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers.
Hamas's strategy is resistance and survival. As long as they survive, this is a victory.
Israel needs to change direction, and this is not just political. We're becoming more closed-in, more isolated, more scared. Those who talk tough are making the State of Israel very weak, very isolated - very Jewish, in the Diaspora-sense, in that 'everyone is against us.' We need to get out of this.
An Israeli soldier is raised on values of respecting human life, and they don't change their values when they turn 18 and enter the army.
Sept. 11 was a shock to the whole world.
After I retire, I have my own vision, which is not connected to the state of Israel. It's about me, living near the sea, and maybe writing something about the past.
I'm not asking myself, 'How I can be different from Netanyahu?' because I am different, and Kadima is different from Likud, by its own nature.
I believe Israel needs branding. I want that the word 'Israel' will relate not just to an Israeli soldier or a camel, but Israel as an advanced liberal society with a strong economy and great people.
The reason for the blockade on Gaza was not to punish the Palestinians but to continue to delegitimize Hamas.
I may have been born in Tel Aviv, but my umbilical cord emerges from the Temple Mount.
My responsibility is to ask, 'How can I serve my ideology and my voters?'
