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" 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. "

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" If Israel does not find the way to disengage from the Palestinians, its future might resemble the experience of Belfast or Bosnia - two communities bleeding each other to death for generations. "

Ehud Barak

Death

Way

Future

" Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us. "

Ehud Barak

Destroy

World

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

Ehud Barak

Know

Israel

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

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

" The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing. "

" I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres. "

" I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. "

" I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height were stars beloved by large parts of the public. But today, they aren't in politics, and when they sit alone in their room, they say to themselves that Barak is the one who showed them out the door. "

" 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. "

" I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. "

" I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements. "

" If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party. "

" There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror. "

" 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. "

Ehud Barak

Why

Others

" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "

" When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win. "

" 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. "

" Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have had enough of already. "

" I will not discuss future hypothetical situations. "

" The first intifada, I was then commander of Central Command, commanding the West Bank, basically. And I know to what extent the first intifada was a popular uprising. "

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

" I don't hate people. I just accept missions. "

" 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. "

" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "

" 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

Acting

Ground

" I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely. "

Ehud Barak

I Am

Reliable

" There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened. I believe the perception is wrong. The United States remains the world's mightiest military, economic and diplomatic power by far, with reach and abilities beyond rival. "

" A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region. "

" History never repeats itself in the same way. "