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" An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. "
Ehud Barak
Independent
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" I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. "
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" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "
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" History never repeats itself in the same way. "
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" I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. "
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" One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves. "
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" I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game. "
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" Assad wanted Israel to capitulate in advance to all his demands. Only then would he agree to enter into substantive negotiations. I couldn't agree to this. "
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" I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. "
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" I don't hate people. I just accept missions. "
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" Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically. "
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" Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative. "
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" If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. "
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