He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the 'guru' - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.

I was learning, as I did in the Ministry of Defense. I never knew, but I always learned.

If you have children, you cannot feed them forever with flags for breakfast and cartridges for lunch. You need something more substantial. Unless you educate your children and spend less money on conflicts, unless you develop your science, technology and industry, you don't have a future.

Bringing an end to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians may help the young Arab generation to realise their aspirations. Israel is more than willing to offer our experience in building a modern economy in spite of limited resources to the whole region.

I figure this is my time - to relax, be with my family and have a normal life.

We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.

Hawaii is a beautiful place to bring up a family.

It's cool to step away for a second and be my own person other than just somebody in a known family.