Quotes from Benny Gantz

I have been a soldier and a commander for many years and know how to differentiate between things - not to be busy all the time with the most sensitive matters and to give everything its due attention without having the issues that cause concern to constantly be troubling or worrisome.

A two-state solution cannot be promised without having negotiations first.

It's important to be able to sit together and form a government of the majority that serves everyone, and not a government of minorities that takes care of itself.

I have the duty to protect my people, hurt my enemy, do the best I can with as few uninvolved casualties as possible - I can't have zero innocent casualties - and at minimum risk to the lives of our soldiers.

Israel needs to stay a Zionist country with a Jewish majority in a democratic system. Eventually, Palestinians should have some kind of independency.

Netanyahu is no king, his government sows division and incitement.

I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt.

Would the Benjamin Netanyahu of the eve of the election want me to get hurt? Regretfully, I would say so.

I will not sit with Netanyahu in the government!

National unity does not only have to occur when swords are swung at us.

Internal unity means that external security issues can be dealt with.

We have left and right; religious and secular; Druse; ultra-Orthodox women. Unity is very important.

When I'll... form a government, I don't intend to cooperate with those who go against the State of Israel.

Israel will not be deprived of its status as a strong, Jewish and democratic state.

Israel is a strong country in the region. And it will stay strong if our people will stay committed to Israel, whether it's to defend it, whether it's to develop it.

2012 will be a critical year in the connection between Iran gaining nuclear power, changes in leadership, continuing pressure from the international community and events that happen unnaturally.

It's unreasonable to me that there's a government in which the culture minister attacks the institutions she's responsible for. The justice minister attacks the institutions she's responsible for. The internal security minister attacks the institutions he's responsible for. The Cabinet attacks the IDF, and the prime minister attacks everyone.

Every decision of strategic importance needs to go through the relevant institutions, certainly the sale of submarines to neighboring countries.

As someone who prepared our forces to deal with the multiplicity of operational and strategic challenges our country faces, I am confident about Israel's capability to defend itself.

Anyone who cooperates with BDS is operating against Israel and it is a form of antisemitism.

When I will be the prime minister of Israel, I will embrace all streams of Judaism.

Israel will do all in its power to ensure that from Paris to Jacksonville, from Berlin to Manchester, Jews can walk on the streets without hiding their identity.

Peace between leaders and peace on the ground will strengthen the interests of all.

Under my leadership, the government will strive for peace and will not miss an opportunity to bring about regional change.