Ehud Olmert

Palestinians want Israel to return back into boundaries, the width of which is 12 km., that can be cut into pieces within minutes. ”

Have I made mistakes in my many years of political activity? Of course! I am sorry and regret them. ”

When public figures write memoirs, there is always some indecision regarding how much they want to write of things as they were and how much they want to cut corners to avoid riling up others. I decided to write my memoirs exactly as they were, and I will not digress - not when things are ill at ease and not when they are comfortable. ”

It is impossible to think of a world in which America was not there in the honorable service of humanity. ”

The Goldstone Committee was formed in April of 2009, after I was not prime minister. So it was a new political situation. ”

The newspapers are always reminding the public that I am an unpopular prime minister. ”

It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran. ”

The fundamental interest - long-range strategic interest - of the state of Israel is that we will have the international bodies and primarily the United Nations recognize the two-state solution, so that there will never be any doubt as to the right of Israel to have its own Jewish independent state. ”

I never thought that Syria and Israel should engage in a violent confrontation because I don't think that there is any particular interest for any of us to do it. ”

Terrorist groups and their extremist state sponsors cannot be fought with kid gloves and flowery words of persuasion. As the U.S. has displayed in Afghanistan and in Iraq, only a vigilant and determined campaign of confrontation can deter and obstruct them. ”