Former Defense Minister and IDF Chief-of-Staff Shaul Mofaz said during a Remembrance Day ceremony at Tel Aviv University that “Our desire to exist as a Jewish and democratic state is unequivocal, yet we cannot fulfill this while controlling another nation."
"We have been ruling over another nation for roughly 50 years. This painful reality contradicts the state’s principles and national interests. Especially since we are right, strong and moral, riling over another national is simply not our vision.”