Ami Ayalon Quotations

We have to be capable of facing such a number.

We don't realize that we face a frustrating situation in which we win every battle, but we lose the war.

An order to fire on people that do not fire on you is a completely illegal order.

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

In moments of pain, we seek revenge.

It's for the Palestinians to decide who will lead them.

The Labor Party is a body that does not seek political life, and does not fight for its life.

The Labor Party is a party with no ideals, regulations or laws, and it is a party I will not be a part of.

Once we agree on the future, the present will be much easier. A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there. We have first to decide where we want to go, where we want to sail.

You can't ignore reality. You won't wake up one morning and find that the Arabs of Umm al-Faham have become part of Palestine and are no longer in Israel.

A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.

Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

Frustration is not a work plan.

To pull out of Gaza is not a policy, it is a step. Whether it is a step in the right direction toward a two-state solution or at least a step toward hope, we don't know.

We should fight terror, by all means, but not at the cost of cutting off any chance of talks with the pragmatists.