In a democracy, a leader is elected to lead according to a certain ideology. He cannot go in the opposition direction and ignore the decisions of the voters time after time.

Peace in return for peace.

We have to break the siege on Jerusalem. There is a battle for Jerusalem. Sharon has frozen the building here and prevented the creation of a greater Jerusalem. Instead, he is enabling the creation of a greater Palestine.

So [the Americans] object, so what? It's Jerusalem! I withstood American pressure, but Sharon surrendered in a shameful way. There can be no limitation on building in our eternal capital.

I commit myself to wipe out poverty in Israel within the next three years. We are now in a position of economic growth, where we can give back to those who are angry with me.

But that is not a difficult thing to do.

In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not compromise our security borders. We want there to be less friction. We want to remove outposts to help the Palestinian population. We will not reoccupy the Palestinian population.

The moment of truth is here. I am not willing to collaborate with this process, which endangers the country's security.

Sharon's decision to put Israel's security in the hands of the Egyptian army, instead of the IDF, is yet another mistake that will give a prize to terror and allow weapons to arm the terrorist infrastructure that will be built in Gaza.