Regarding Arabs: We do not want to encourage separatism. Israeli society is heading down the Lebanese path. Anyone who encourages separatism is making a huge mistake.
Osama Saadi said he dedicates the victory to our brothers in East Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, and to the prisoners in Israeli jails. Who are these prisoners? They are Nukhba terrorists who murdered, raped, and burned people alive.
I received a flood of text messages from left-wingers who didn’t vote for me, saying that we must sit with them [in a coalition].
I look at prominent peace activists: Vivian Silver and Oded Lifshitz. Vivian was burned alive. Lifshitz was held captive while wounded. He used to take Gazans and drive them to hospitals in Israel. While he was in captivity, they knew who he was, and they murdered him there.
We will not be part of, nor will we lend a hand to, any minority government.