Bill Clinton

Today, Israel is strong and growing stronger.

The essence of the question was that public diplomacy and substance do merge.

We are pressing for the deployment of human rights monitors.

I call upon Federal, State, and local government officials to display the flag of the United States and to encourage and participate in patriotic activities in their communities.

This goal will require all Israelis to continue to demonstrate the awesome courage and vision and determination that have brought you this far.

I think we are on the right historic mission, and we need to redouble our efforts until we finish.

You cannot give up or give in.

The people of Israel, through their elected leaders, will decide what they are required to do for their own existence, their own security, their own future.

I feel better tonight than I did when I came here.

Yesterday Israel took a great stride toward fulfilling the ancient dream of the Jewish people.

I urge the citizens of this great Nation to continue this beloved tradition and to strengthen it by gathering in their homes and places of worship to express their heartfelt gratitude for the many blessings of our lives.

Yesterday was an historic day for the people of Israel and for the people of Jordan.

We needed to give the process a push so that we could accelerate things.

Neither in its words nor its deeds has Iraq convinced us it is no longer a threat to regional peace and security.

I believe we have in Hebrew an expression, Jerusalem shall maala, Jerusalem shall matta.

America, as always, is proud to stand with you.

There's a very fundamental difference here.

Once again, you chose life.

I went there because I was convinced we needed to add new energy to the talks.

I am committed to working with our Congress to maintain the current levels of military and economic assistance.

We owe our veterans an inestimable debt of gratitude.

I thank you for making us feel very welcome.

We will continue to insist that Iraq not threaten its neighbors or intimidate the United Nations as it takes steps to ensure that Iraq never again possesses weapons of mass destruction.

You stand on the threshold of a new era of peace and security.

I told him that that being the case, the job of the United States was to minimize those risks.