A multicultural society does not reject the culture of the other but is prepared to listen, to see, to dialogue and, in the final analysis, to possibly accept the other's culture without compromising its own.
Reuven Rivlin
Multiculturalism is a bed of beautiful roses that has some thorns, so we just have to be careful not to get pricked or to prick one another.
The Knesset was right to limit the president's tenure to seven years.
It's not for the president to determine the arrangements between Israel and the Palestinians, and the Arab world, but to be the bridge between opinions and to facilitate dialogue and understanding.
It can't be 'occupied territory' if the land is your own.
We must stay focused on the bilateral negotiations between the Palestinians and us.
There is no, and cannot be, any situation in which we don't respect the law and the judiciary. It is unacceptable to attack the courts; criticism is allowed, but attacks are not. It shakes the basis of our democracy.
All sides must learn to respect one another.
There is one thing on which Arik will make no concessions: terrorism.
The reality is that we only have one person whom the public sees as appropriate to be prime minister, and that's a shame. I think that if there were more, it would be better for everyone, including Netanyahu.
Our enemy is hatred - the hatred inherent in fundamentalism.
We have always realized, as Israelis and as Jews, that we are not fighting Islam and thus avoided turning the Temple Mount issue into a war of Jews against Muslims.
The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side.
We are living in a multicultural society. Our role as leaders is to enable grappling with this situation, even when multiculturalism is difficult.
Everyone needs to understand that we were meant to live together in this country. We have to get to know one another; even if we don't agree, we have to enable each side to express itself.
We cannot keep the Jewish state without being a democratic state.
The Palestinians must understand that this is our home, to which we have returned, and we also have to understand that this is the homeland of all those born to it.
Today, there are those who hallucinate that a democratic and Jewish state is only democratic for the Jews.
Our ideals are under the constant threat of extremism, whether in the form of radical Muslim groups or the emergence of other elements seeking to deny the rights and freedoms of others.
It seems to me that many of the belligerent Jewish movements that were built upon hatred of Arabs - and I'm not only talking about Lieberman, but within the Likud as well - grew out of the patronizing socialist attitude that said, 'They'll be there, and we'll be here.'
Netanyahu must mend fences with Obama.
Disagreements will always occur between us, but we all approach them wanting the best for each and every one of us, for the whole people.
There's no doubt that our hearts are with the residents of Gaza. We and the whole world are unable to get to a situation in which Gaza can be rehabilitated. There needs to be an international initiative with Israel's participation, in order to bring an end to the enmity against us.
Direct talks is the only possible way to build trust and to resolve the conditions for a peace perspective between Palestinians and Israelis.
As a Jew, even if you were not born in Poland, the very name, Poland, gives rise to a shuddering in your body and a longing in your heart. This country was the breeding ground for the soul of the Jewish nation, and unfortunately, also grounds to the largest Jewish cemetery.
There are no short cuts, no detours in the Middle East.
Germany remains among the few countries in Europe to acknowledge, officially and nationally, its responsibility for the crimes it led against our people.
We demand that people don't deny the Holocaust, and we can't ignore the tragedy of another nation.
The idea that the State of Israel could be democracy only for its Jewish citizens is unconscionable, and we must find a way to address this.
Whereas, in the personal realm, Sharon is a very sensitive person whose eyes often grow moist, in the national realm, he is entirely without emotions.
Israel is proud to be Jordan's partner and to stand at Jordan's side in promoting stability and quiet to our entire region.
Many of Israel's Arabs, which see themselves as part of the Palestinian population, feel the pain of their brothers across the green line - a pain they feel the state of Israel is responsible for.
We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.
It's preferable for the Palestinians to become citizens of the state than for us to divide the country.
I wish to strengthen the hand of the Prime Minister and the heads of the security agencies in the unrelenting battle for our right to maintain normal daily life in every place in Israel.
The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.
We are not fighting against the Palestinian people, and we are not at war with Islam. We are fighting against terrorism.
I see myself as a former politician, and in that capacity, I say to other politicians, 'Hold back.'
I don't see any possibility of peace if there won't be open borders between us and our neighbors.
There will never be peace unless we have open borders. But that does not mean open on our side and you continue to hit me on the other.
There are many Palestinians who believe there is no way to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. They call for the right of the return of refugees to Israel - something which is unacceptable for the consensus in Israel and which strikes at the very heart of this issue.
One could establish a system in one state in which Judea and Samaria are jointly held. The Jews would vote for a Jewish parliament and the Palestinians for an Arab parliament, and we would create a system in which life is shared.
The burden is on the Jewish majority in Israel to prove that the definition of their country as Jewish and democratic is not a contradiction.
As a rule, whenever I hear about a demographic threat, it comes first of all from a type of thinking that says the Arabs are a threat. And this leads to thinking of transfer or that they should be killed. I am appalled by this kind of talk.
There is a conflict in the Middle East between two entities, and they're both right, each in their own way.
I'm a utopianist.
I won't intervene in Knesset decisions.
I pray that we learn to live together. That Jerusalem is one, with law and order.
Israel's foreign policy has three points: the relationship with the U.S., the relationship with the U.S., and the relationship with the U.S.
There's no doubt we'd be very angry if the American president had come to the Knesset and argued against the government of Israel.
