My goal is to embrace the people, the 'natural resources' of Israel, and to build businesses with the creative Israelis.
When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
At the age of nineteen and a half, I went to the Land of Israel to till its soil and live by the labour of my hands. As I did not find work, I sought my livelihood elsewhere.
I plan to serve the State of Israel.
Big efforts should be made to integrate Israel's Arab citizens into the fabric of the Israeli society and the Israeli economy. That's really the key to any further progress to do with the Palestinians beyond Israel's borders.
I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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 Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy.
If Palestinian Authority refuse to join the US-run negotiations, their basis for support would collapse. They survive on donations essentially. Israel has made sure that it's not a productive economy.
If you ask me 'What is the one great move you can make to improve the Israeli economy?' of course it will be signing an agreement with the Arab world about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This will change everything.
Emerging from embattled and humble beginnings, the Jewish state has exceeded all expectations for its success and prosperity.
I've been impressed, obviously, with what Israel has done over the years, as it related to technology, agriculture, research in general.
I love Israel because Israel is a democratic country.
People have this kind of different image of what Israel is and what it's about. And yes, there are military people all over, but there's so much more.
When I introduced my economic plan for the first time, people had mixed views because it's the largest cut in the history of Israeli budgets. We have a big deficit caused by the fact that the former government took upon itself too many obligations.
