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" I think that Jordan is strong. I think that they will hold on. I believe that they've already opened their parliament and their system, the press and others, to many voices... And I hope and wish that they will remain stable for a long time. "

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" 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

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You

" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies. "

" 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 thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. "

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

" Israel will continue to act proactively to prevent the transfer of heavy missiles or advanced air defense systems from Syria to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, which, of course, carries the risk of a military showdown. "

" I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. "

" Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game. "

Ehud Barak

Decision

Game

" Israel's secret services are allowed to profile. "

" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Russians in top positions always told me, 'We don't want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with Mubarak,' which is a very live example in the minds of many. "

Ehud Barak

Always

Live

" 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

" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "

" I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit. "

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

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

" They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong. "

" 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. "