Robert Wexler

If you are a Zionist and you believe in the Zionist dream, then Israel needs to figure out a way to separate from the 4- to 5 million Palestinians that live on the West Bank and Gaza.

One of the things that I think Secretary Kerry, though, did right was that he effectively kept the talks secret.

The question really is: When will the Palestinians not recognize, but accept, that Israel is a Jewish state?

To criticize the United States for not pushing an election in the Palestinian Authority when half of the Palestinian territory is controlled by a terrorist organization I think is somewhat duplicitous.

Of course, I do. It is the Jewish state. Israel is the Jewish state.

The route to an independent state runs through a negotiated agreement with Israel.

We pinned our hopes on one guy who had already passed his expiration date. That is not about reform.

It would be a mistake if we joined the two together, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian nuclear program.

The resolution of that conflict is in the interest of both the Israelis and the Palestinians and on the merits of the conflict itself.

As long as the Fatah faction holds sway, they are going to withhold these funds.

It should be peace and, when not peace, at least security.

The threat of a nuclear-armed Iran is in and of itself, in my humble estimation, the most important endeavor that we must seek to defang, to defeat.

I would agree that no American taxpayer's money should be going to fund terrorist families directly or indirectly.

I think Israel was created as a Jewish state. We celebrated the 66th anniversary of its creation this past Monday.

Should the Palestinians, in the context of the current negotiations, recognize Israel as a Jewish state, as a state in the context of mutuality of recognition? And the answer is absolutely 'yes.'

There are forces within the Palestinian society that, in fact, support violence in a very overt way.

The idea of acknowledging a technocratic government that includes figures approved by Hamas is a slippery slope.

When given the choice of the two teams that unfortunately we have at this point, if there becomes a third team or a fourth, then let's go for it.

To secure its future as a Jewish and Democratic state, a viable independent and, yes, demilitarized Palestinian state must be realized.

Secretary Kerry, President Obama didn't drag anybody to a peace table. The Israelis and the Palestinians both wanted to be there from the beginning.

Secretary Kerry's approach, the diplomatic effort that he just led, was a multifaceted approach.

There is no requirement to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in any type of understanding that has previously existed between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Prime Minister Erdogan is poised to be the most consequential Turkish leader since Ataturk.

There is no reasonable comparison between these protests and the Arab Spring.

I support our administration's policy in Egypt 110 percent. I think what we have done is the right thing.