Hamas does not represent the national aspirations of the Palestinians. It represents extreme Islamic ideas, which they share with Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria.
You can't put your name, recognition, your money in a company without having share in the control.
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.
Sinai is demilitarized in accordance with the Israel-Egypt peace agreement.
We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy.
There is an intimacy and trust that is needed between leaders, between their assistants and advisers. Usually, you have the real substance behind closed doors; and the press conferences, you have niceties, nice photo ops.
The Israeli people deserve better than a life in between rounds of violence.