Peres: Israel is a peace-seeking state

Peres at Israel Remembrance Day ceremony:

Peres sent a message of peace: "We don't seek war. We are a peace-seeking state, but we know, and will continue to know, how to care for ourselves. We are a democratic state, replete with rifts and divisions, arguments and internal disputes – but we are also a nation that knows how to unite and rise up in the hour of need, to defend our lives and defeat those who lie in ambush."

Source: ynetnews.com