Ehud Barak quotes Born: 02/12/1942 Country: israel

• If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. (Ehud Barak)
• Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. (Ehud Barak)
• We want peace, but not at any price. (Ehud Barak)
• We want peace, but not at any price (Ehud Barak)
• Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability (Ehud Barak)
• I believe the most complicated issue is Jerusalem , ... But I believe that if there will be a breakthrough on Jerusalem, I believe that other issues could be pushed forward in an effective way (Ehud Barak)
• Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are the cornerstones of Jewish identity. No Israeli prime minister will ever be able to sign a document that gives up sovereignty of the Temple Mount to the Palestinians (Ehud Barak)
• hopeful that, in response to our readiness to take calculated risk, without violating our national interest, that the other side will be able to show some level of flexibility and openness. (Ehud Barak)
• We do not lose hope (Ehud Barak)
• At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of brotherhood should go out from here (Ehud Barak)
• We came to tell you we are not afraid (Ehud Barak)
• We came here to recommit to his way, we came here to tell him, 'Yitzhak, your way has won out, and we came here to say to whoever believes it possible to move us from the path of Yitzhak, 'We are not afraid, we are not afraid (Ehud Barak)
• We are filled with confidence that we will not let this opportunity get away from us. This time we will make peace and security for Israel (Ehud Barak)
• I stand my ground, look reality in the eye, remove the mask from (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat , remove the filters from the eyes of Israelis and I am ready to weigh ground-breaking ideas (for peace). (Ehud Barak)
• Israel strives for the peace that will be reached on the negotiating table, rather than imposing the will of one side on the other (Ehud Barak)
• We are doing what we are doing here to ensure that our children ... will be left with a stronger Israel that is more secure and has a different future, (Ehud Barak)
• This 18-year tragedy is over (Ehud Barak)
• Just a year ago the public gave us a mandate to lead -- not to protect what exists, but to change the reality from its core and to assure the future of Israel (Ehud Barak)
• I will...sign the agreement only if I'm convinced it strengthens Israel and its future, ... Such an agreement, I'm sure, will be approved and endorsed by an overwhelming majority of the Israeli people... (Ehud Barak)
• There is no failure, even though the level of expectation is very low. (Ehud Barak)
• In order to cooperate with him, you cannot weaken him beyond a certain point, you cannot humiliate him beyond a certain point. And if you intend to destroy him, you cannot expect the cooperation of his security service, which is now a sort of precondition for personal security in Israel. (Ehud Barak)
• This is a choice between extremism ... and putting an end to the conflict (with the Palestinians) (Ehud Barak)
• I think that the United States can contribute to the process more as a facilitator than as a kind of policeman, judge and arbitrator (Ehud Barak)
• I don't promise you peace. I promise you a best effort to reach it if it's possible (Ehud Barak)
• Maybe I made a few or maybe many tactical mistakes, ... but I did not make a mistake in the very essence of what I've ... chosen to do, namely to leave no stone unturned in order to find a way to put an end to this conflict, at the same time to be open-eyed enough to realize that it takes two to tango. (Ehud Barak)
• As a political leader, he is almost personally the dominant figure in every blunder that we have gotten into in the last generation (Ehud Barak)
• You have done more than anyone else to bring about the historic change in the attitude of the church towards the Jewish people, ... Your coming here is a climax of this historic journey of healing. (Ehud Barak)
• We have achieved our goals at this summit, ... We have a major concentrated effort to put an end of the violence of the last two weeks. (Ehud Barak)
• I suggest to everyone that you look less at gestures and more at action on the ground, ... Everything will be examined according to how it is implemented, both in terms of what the Palestinians do and also as far as our own actions. (Ehud Barak)
• We found in Egypt a listening ear to the complexity of the problem, ... I clarified that we are ready to do what is necessary to achieve an agreement, but we have important interests, and an agreement will only be achieved if the other side demonstrates openness, seriousness and responsibility. (Ehud Barak)
• There is a golden opportunity with Arafat in power, with Clinton still in power, with this government in Israel that wants to make peace (Ehud Barak)

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