 Good morning. Mr. President Shiman Peres, it is really a great honor to have you back with us in Davos. I would say you are a member of the community. And this year is particularly special because the meeting here is at the culmination of your remarkable seven years of Presidency of Israel, which has been so important for your country, the region, and the world. Nationally, you have worked on and let many pivotal social courses, including for improved protection and living conditions of asylum seekers in Israel as well as the situation of many citizens. I could go on and I have your whole list of what you have done for your country. I just can't say it's remarkable. And at the end of this meeting I will have the great honor to give you an award. And actually it never happens in Davos that we have an award ceremony. But you are so special as a global role model, as a symbol for someone with conviction that we will make not only an exception, we will make a very cherished exception. And for me, Shiman, if I may say so, you always have been a great mentor. We know each other since so many years. You have been a supporter of our cause, improving the state of the world. So thank you for being here. But before I have the pleasure to hand over this award as a reminder of your time in Davos, and of course we hope that you will join us for many, many more years. I would like to use this opportunity to ask you some questions. And first, of course, I would like to come back to the session yesterday and in the best spirit of the dialogue which we have in Davos. In your judgment, Mr. President, is Iran serious when it says it has no interest in building nuclear weapons? It would be serious if they would build nuclear weapons. But just by saying that's not serious. Iran doesn't need the five plus one to stop the nuclear story. For example, nobody forces Iran to build nuclear missiles. What for? Does it have any use? Nobody forces Iran, for example, to support Hisbalah, which is today the greatest killer in Syria. They don't need anybody. Nobody has to force Iran to spend so much money on the nuclear capacities. So I mean, for the time being, it's half a story. You know, in every speech there are two parts. One you declare and the other that you omit. Occasionally, the part that you omit is more important than the part that you announce. And you asked the President, very simple, look if you're for peace with all. Does this include all countries? And you've got a smile. It's nice, but it's not an answer. I think they have to. I don't think they reached this point out of choice, but also out of pressure. And I think there may be another pressure that we are not aware of. And that is of the young generation in Iran itself. For us, Iran is not an enemy. We don't want to fight. We are not historically hostile. We don't have common border. And we don't see any reason why again spend so much money on hatred and in the name of religion. So the declaration was so promising and the omission was so obvious that they don't have a better answer to outline the contradiction with Neto. We know there are still any differences in approaches. But let's hope that this joint presence in Davos, maybe in the long term, may lead to more positive results in the relations of Iran with the world and particularly also with Israel. You know, I asked the clerk from South Africa, he stood, he was also under sanctions. He says when sanctions were declared against South Africa, the South African thought they can take it. They had enough money, they weren't worried. But then they discovered something they didn't focus. All of a sudden, they were boycotted by the rest of the world. They weren't invited to football games. They weren't invited to Olympics. They weren't invited to any place. All of a sudden they felt alone. If Iran will continue to do what they're doing, then automatically, I believe, in addition to the sanctions, they will see that the world doesn't like these sorts of bluffs, which are so dangerous. Mr. President, I remember when I visited you in 1903 in your office and you encouraged us so much to provide a platform for Palestinian, Israeli relations and reconciliation. And we had many, many successes, semi-successes, and maybe even more disappointments. Now we have embarked as a forum again with your blessing into the break, the impasse initiative. And so I would be very interested to hear from you. Is there hope for a break through in the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and the tremendous efforts Secretary Kerry, whom we will see this afternoon, is undertaking? You said we had many successes and many failures. It's right. Why do we have so many? Because we have many fronts. Would it be just one single confrontation? We would solve it. But since we have seven or eight or nine, so two were solved with Egypt and Jordan very much with the help of Davos. The first, you shouldn't forget, the national never forget, the first fantastic conference in Casablanca. There are 4,000 Arabs and Jews for the first time came together under this organization. Now I believe that two solutions is already agreed. Before it, people didn't believe we shall make peace with Egypt. We should make peace with Jordan. They were very skeptical. They didn't believe that we can start something with the Palestinians. We start. There are difficulties, but neither of us has an alternative in real terms. There is no single leader to this confrontation, but many different groups, the Americans, the Europeans, the Arab League, many countries. So it's not simple. It's not to unwatch. It's many watches at many times. But all told, the present situation is killing the Arab world. The terror is tearing them to pieces. You know, there is no coherent country today. And Israel offers, in real terms, a sincere peace. And we are ready to offer what we can. We are a typical Middle Eastern place. We have shown that you can make from a desert and economy. Shimon, here in these Congress halls this morning, some discussions are taking place in a restricted group on Syria, particularly after we had those discussions in Geneva earlier this week. But what is your own personal view once the situation in Syria, on Syria? All the elements which exist today in Syria are not elements for solutions, but elements for confrontation. We have to discover a new element that may unite them. The new element is made of two parts, the younger generation and science. Because President Assad, he says, is a president. What sort of a president is he? He killed 140,000 people. 600,000 people are in hospitals without taking care of 3 million refugees. They don't know where to spend the night and what to have for breakfast. My God, is that a country? And there is nobody inside that can make up its mind. There are terrorists, many of them. There are terrorists coming from Europe, even non-Muslims. 5,000 apparently from Europe. And even beginning with Iran, why does Iran support them? Why does Iran send Hezbollah to kill? What for? Because I don't believe that he reached, he over-reached already the human capacity to continue like it. And the solution to Syria will come from within Syria, Syria. Because the outside parties are not looking for a solution. So they did one thing, and that's about the gas. When the Russians and Americans agreed, it's an important achievement. But they do believe that finally, the young Arab generation will be solutions. And I suggest to everybody not to look at Arab parties, even not to look about Arab religion divisions, but to look to the ages. The young age of the Arab world is the solution to their problem. And we and you, we can be of help. We cannot be the major player. And I think it won't take so much time, as we estimate. And Iran too, I mean, it took them 15 years until they decided they don't want to announce it. But there is no solution, no alternative. And I think also America is today behaving rightly. Because President Obama says, tell me, I have been in Afghanistan for 30 years. What did I do there? And I think we have to let them do it. And I think the Arab world must come in and support the new generation in Syria, or a new generation in Syria, to save the land. I can only support what you are saying. And as a small contribution of half-aridation, we have invited some Syrian, some young people to be part of the conference. And when you talk to our global shapers, to our young global leaders, they just cannot anymore understand that the global civilization is not anymore capable to deal with such a tragedy as we see it in Syria. And our hope is really the young generation. You know, I want to make one remark about the global participation, which is interesting. You know, for many of us, they say America is in the Middle East for oil. America is an interest. America doesn't need any more the oil of the Middle East. They have more oil than Saudi Arabia. So nobody can say that America is there for oil, because there is no need for. Europe doesn't need oil either. You have your own supplies. And today, in a strange way, the democratic world is in the Middle East not for interest, but for values. They want really to offer peace and freedom and seriousness. And I suggest not to be so pragmatic and cynical. The United States and Europe are fighting there to enable people to be free, to give women equal rights. They are today subjected. And if women will be discriminated, they won't save their people, won't save their nation. And science, particularly what's offered here, can make poor, growing people. And that's what should be done. And we have to work together and take ourselves more seriously than we do. We are not just the business. We are humanity. And global companies are based on good will, not on power. And people who are sitting here are willing to contribute. Many of them are giving back money. So I think we have to change our self-image, too. We want to appear on un- and macho, on dollar and pragmatic. But who says to be macho and pragmatic is such a great thing? Maybe to be kind and considerate is more satisfying in life. Maybe to help is more satisfying than to rule. Mr. President, it just reconfirms our philosophy. Today you cannot anymore split your life into an economic side and a social side. I think you are one human being. And you have to integrate post dimensions to your life and as a nation into your politics. Not only that, I think we divided our life only between the realistic, the reality, and between the virtuality, the imaginary. Now the latest conclusions in science is it's one reality. Virtuality is part of our reality. The way we feel, the way we dream, the way we think is part of our real life. And by enlarging or matching reality and virtuality, every person has a greater capacity. They call it augmentation to augment the capabilities of a human being to making stronger, more self assured, more positive. This is a real strength. And by the way, it goes both for human being and material, because material too are beginning to pay a part in the Internet. I think this, let's say forward orientations, this curiosity for new things, new developments, is probably the secret of your use, because you are, in my opinion, you are the oldest participant on paper. But in your mind, you are one of the youngest participants. Now, can you just tell us with your visionary attitude to the world, what do you see as a major change happening at this moment? In the world? In, let's say, in the scientific technology. The main thing is called reshaping of the world consequences for society. What is the biggest reshaping taking place which has consequences for society? Three things, one I mentioned. The extension of science by combining virtuality and reality. Which means a man can improve himself both physically, intellectually, and mentally, and make himself stronger, deeper, and a better person for himself. It's a beginning and it's sensational. I mean, the consequences of it are great. The second thing is, Klaus, what you mentioned. This Davos said that the greatest problem is today the gap between rich and poor. I think it's right, but what is being rich and what is being poor? You cannot judge by money. The person that has a lot of money is not necessarily a rich or a happy person. Poverty stands from the intellectual, emotional, and gap. I mean, I think it's the end of foreign aid. I do not believe that foreign aid will be continued in the present way, namely giving money to poor people. Because the money doesn't reach the poor people, it reaches the rich people in the poor countries and that creates corruption. What we can offer is science and the gap stems from the wrong handling of the use of science. We invested our supreme science achievements in information, communication, entertainment. We ignore the most important things. We didn't invest in education. We didn't invest in health. We didn't invest in food. What we did, for example, in the way of communication, we took a huge computer that would hardly enter this room and we made for him a smartphone by introducing a small chip. It's a sensation. Otherwise, only the rich people would have computers. But when you make such a small computer, everybody can have it. The same goes with education. We can invest in education, technologies, communications that will make it available to everybody. You know, if a friend of mine asked me, what is the first step to help a child to escape poverty? I told him teaching English. The minute that the Hebrew-speaking boy will begin to speak English, he is beginning to end poverty. Now, about health. We are now building a second floor of agriculture, medical agriculture. Agriculture supplies us calories and food. Agriculture supplies us well, medical. And it can be available to everybody. The poor people must have an equal entry to education, to health, and food. We can increase the food production 10 times. It doesn't cost so much money. And I think what I would recommend to the Davos conference is to make all important issues and join the same investment and intention of high tech. It's possible, it's available. I'm speaking from a country that has nothing and now is flourishing. And we are typically Middle East. And I think this is the way to go out. Not the distribution of money, but the distribution of knowledge. The new currency is knowledge, not money, not pennies. And it can be done by the way in small groups as well. Here, for example, we start something new. You know, two or three students at universities are making a small high tech group. And they take two or three hundred dollars alone. We provide them the infrastructure. There are already 13,000 companies like it in Israel. 13,000, 60,000 students. And they don't need the large companies. It's a new way to do it. And I would recommend to governments and companies go to the universities. Don't go to see the great organizations. Go to see the great knowledge. And better visit a laboratory than to visit a bank. Because all the new things are not in the printing of money, but in the using of ideas. So we have to change it. I think we are now reaching the second part of science, which is making it more humane. Not to enable the people to be richer in money, but to be the people richer in human capacity to overcome the old sins and old gaps. And I want to tell you that people who are here had COs. I think you are more serious than you think. I see many COs are giving back money to their communities. I don't think that the manager of a CEO wants to go back home. And this boy or girl will ask him, father, did you do something anything for us? Or just you're making money out of the poor? He says, no. I want to be a contributing person. And this is the new spirit. We have to improve our own vision, not to run it on a technological, realistic, pragmatic level, because nothing is just realistic or just pragmatic. A great deal is visionary and a great deal is virtually. Simon, you are the great visionary. But before we, I have the great honor to hand you over this special award. I would like to ask you one question, which I'm very curious about, with your use. And constitutionally, you come to an end of your presidency. What will you do afterwards, except coming back to Davos? Can you tell us? I'm going to work. I don't think you need an official title to do anything. I think the problem in life is not what to be, but what to do. Suppose you have better food, so what? You will do better things, yes. That will be remembered. And first of all, I have a great post, you used to tell me all experts are experts for things that did happen. You don't have experts for things that may happen. So he says here I can find the drop. What is going to happen? I'm not dealing with things that happened. I'm all my life looking for things that may happen. And believe me, it's really great. And the Banguion himself, I know he was crazy about size. Every time a scientist would come in, come in, he would show him the table, he says, can a table think? And all of them says no. He didn't, Banguion, focus. The tables are beginning to think. We have now the internet of things. What does that mean? That the table or refrigerator can compute on their own right. You put a sensor in them and they will tell, they won't ask the lady of the house, they will look at the refrigerator. If it's empty, he will invite already all the food he needs. He will arrange your table and you arrange your car. It's a different world. But on top of it, if I would have to describe myself, I would say that I'm a dissatisfied optimist. What I mean by it, the Jewish people, when people ask me what is the greatest contribution of the Jewish people to the rest of the world, my answer is straightforward, dissatisfaction. A good Jew cannot be satisfied. It is so untruly. But on the other hand, they must be believer. So I am a dissatisfied optimist. I have never a sad moment because I believe. I have never a happy moment because I never achieved everything I wanted to. So I live in this great curiosity and let me tell you something. Don't spend so much time on vacation and entertainment. The greatest entertainment and the greatest interest is in working, not in resting. And believe me, you are by far healthier than you think. And even more so, you have more talent that you estimate. You are only partly used. And I think if you will adopt this contradictory synthesis of being both dissatisfied with what exists and visionary about what can be done, you will be happier at the age of 150 years. Thank you. Shimon Kanai, lead leader in my definition, has first brains and you have brains as you have shown again. He has vision. He has a soul and he has values. You have it. And he has a heart. And heart means passion and compassion. And you have shown it again. And in this spirit, and very exceptionally because we have so many leaders always in Davos, but I have the great honor to give you an award, a global leadership award. And actually, you get so many, you certainly get so many special medals and whatsoever. So we felt we should do something special. And we have here, you see a bell. And the text is to President Shimon Peres, a unique visionary and global statement for tolling the bell of peace and harmony. To take this bell, go around the Middle East and call the people. And tell them the bell I shall take. This bell is a product of the Israeli effort. I am the humble recipient of it, but we have to use it, not just to keep it. Thank you.