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Ehud Barak Quotes

Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordered the destruction of an Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad in 1981. This action delayed an Iraqi bomb by at least 15 years. The whole world condemned Israel – only to realize later how farsighted it had been.

– Ehud Barak

Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.

– Ehud Barak

I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely.

– Ehud Barak

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

– Ehud Barak

I fought against Palestinians. I saw them.

– Ehud Barak

The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing.

– Ehud Barak

I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.

– Ehud Barak

Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting not just out of might, but also out of right.

– Ehud Barak

Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs.

– Ehud Barak

Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it’s a good neighbor.

– Ehud Barak

I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel.

– Ehud Barak

It’s the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.

– Ehud Barak

In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other.

– Ehud Barak

I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.

– Ehud Barak

I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he’s the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land.

– Ehud Barak

Israel cannot afford to be duped.

– Ehud Barak

The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.

– Ehud Barak

I don’t think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they’re going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They’re radical, but not total mishuginas.

– Ehud Barak

The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in it, and to tell the world how – what kind of underdog they are.

– Ehud Barak

The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence.

– Ehud Barak

Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.

– Ehud Barak

When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well.

– Ehud Barak

One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side’s moves.

– Ehud Barak

I’m in the government to make sure that if there’s an opportunity to make peace, it won’t be missed.

– Ehud Barak

The aim of the Palestinian terror is not just to kill Israelis but also to break the will of Israeli society in order to dictate a political solution. Israel should never yield to this terror campaign.

– Ehud Barak

In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.

– Ehud Barak

As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians.

– Ehud Barak

I’m not afraid of elections. I’ve won every election I’ve fought in.

– Ehud Barak

Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival.

– Ehud Barak

As long as in this territory west of the Jordan river there is only one political entity called Israel, it is going to be either non-Jewish or non-democratic. If this bloc of millions of Palestinians cannot vote, that will be an apartheid state.

– Ehud Barak

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