Iranian Threat:

“If Iran gets nuclear weapons, there will be no diplomacy capable of protecting Israel. If Iran continues to fund and equip Hezbollah, there will be no stability or security for Israel.” (November 2006)

“I oppose a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities because I think it is inadequate. I am for achieving more than a military strike, not less than one. Our goal has to be to replace the current dictatorship. We should begin with a Reaganite strategy of helping organize every dissident group in Iran, dramatically expanding our information campaign into the country, applying diplomatic and economic pressure, but we cannot stop there. We certainly have to be prepared to use military force if necessary but only if these earlier efforts fail.” (September 12, 2006)

“But I think you have a spirit building here almost like Munich in 1938 where the desire to be self-deluding leads people to say things that are patently not possible. Let me just give you one example. There was already a 2,000-man international force on the Lebanon border. It's been there since the late 1970s. It's called the United Nations forces. It failed totally.I see no evidence, and certainly nothing from Hezbollah or Iran, that indicates this cease-fire will be anything except a defeat for the democracies and a victory for the terrorists and the dictatorships.” (FOX News Sunday, August 6, 2006)

“This is an alliance - Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas - and you can't deal with it in isolation.” (July 16, 2006)

Peace with the Palestinians:

“I think there's a deep American agony over the fact that we would like to see a free, safe, prosperous Palestine next to a free, safe, prosperous Israel.” (April 2002)

Negotiations with Syria and Lebanon:

“I would have thought this time that the Israelis would have gone into Lebanon hard enough to destroy Hezbollah.” (August 17, 2006)

“Let me say, first of all, I watched with fascination your interview with the Lebanese advisor to the prime minister. And what I heard was a man who's much more afraid of Syria and of Iran than he is of the United States and France. And what he was saying was they're not going to disarm Hezbollah, they are, in fact, not going to be able to implement the cease-fire.” (FOX News Sunday, August 6, 2006)

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Source: Haaretz