I see it as abandoning, weakening our positions, abandoning hundreds of thousands of our people who live there.

That is how I see it. And I am sure that this withdrawal would divide our society.

I believe Putin has already started it.

The question is how much territory he will be able to seize and how to stop him.

Russia wants to impose on the world a different way of life and change the lives people have chosen for themselves.

We are preventing it from becoming a broad, full-scale Third World War.

I’m not a dictator and I didn’t start the war. That’s it.

No one has the right to say whom we can or cannot vote for.

I will not withdraw until the end.

Israel can’t occupy the Gaza Strip successfully.

It’s going to take Arab countries — the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — with their capabilities and resources to come in and help build a new Gaza, to teach children not to kill Jews, teach them to embrace tolerance.

You know, math courses taught in Gaza are "If you had ten Jews, you'd kill four. How many would you have left?"

I think the key is for MBZ, who is a tremendous ally of Israel, to help make Gaza more like the UAE.

It's going to take a long time to change the radicalism that's been passed on generationally in Gaza. The most radicalized people on the planet are in Gaza.

Can they hit our bases? Yes. Is the risk worth it? Yes.

If you can get rid of the largest state sponsor of terrorism, who has American blood on its hands, and the entire terrorist network collapse when the mothership, Iran, goes down, it's worth the risk.

As for the soldiers taking this risk, they’ll be the first to tell you, “Let’s do it.”

How is it that in 80 years a woman has never served as Secretary-General?

We must work on a total ban on maritime services for Russian oil exports, intensify our joint efforts against the so-called Russian shadow fleet, and with the highest level of coordination possible.

You, Emmanuel, have long pushed the idea of European strategic autonomy. Now we see why.

Europe is never perfect — but it advances.

We usually move forward in three phases: first crisis, then chaos, and finally a sub-optimal solution — but it is still Europe.