Myself, First Of All, I Am A

And Israel, Being A Tiny, Small Country, Of Course Has Interest To Strengthen - We Have Interest To Strengthen Our Relations With Other Countries, Mostly Countries That Were Hostile For Many, Many Years.

To Our Palestinian Neighbours, I Assure You That We Have A Genuine Intention To Respect Your Right To Live Independently And In Dignity. I Have Already Said That Israel Has No Desire To Continue To Govern Over You And Control Your Fate.

I Begin With The Basic Conviction That Jews And Arabs Can Live Together. I Have Repeated That At Every Opportunity, Not For Journalists And Not For Popular Consumption, But Because I Have Never Believed Differently Or Thought Differently, From My Childhood On. ... I Know That We Are Both Inhabitants Of The Land, And Although The State Is Jewish, That Does Not Mean That Arabs Should Not Be Full Citizens In Every Sense Of The Word.

I Believe That The Jewish State Will Exist Forever.

The Strength That I Have Comes From Irrigating The Citrus Plantation, Ploughing In The Vineyard, Guarding The Melon Fields At Night. I Believe That's What Gave Me The Strength.