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" I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does. "
Ehud Barak
Does
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" Ladies and gentlemen, the relevant question is not when Iran will get the bomb. The relevant question is at what stage can we no longer stop Iran from getting the bomb. "
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" Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table. "
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" ISIS has never fought a real battle. "
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" 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. "
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" The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies. "
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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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" 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. "
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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. "
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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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" Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv? "
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" If you establish a right unity government, you create an effective platform to make... decisions because you have wider support of your own party. "
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" I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. "
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" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "
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" As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians. "
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" Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews. "
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" The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die. "
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" Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival. "
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" There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. "
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" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "
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" I fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "
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" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "
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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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" Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot. "
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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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" 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. "
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