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" Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons. "
Ehud Barak
Israel
China
India
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" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "
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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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" An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. "
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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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" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "
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" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "
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" I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed. "
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" I fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "
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" The red line must be drawn on Iran's nuclear enrichment program because these enrichment facilities are the only nuclear installations that we can definitely see and credibly target. "
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" There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons. "
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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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" 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. "
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" We want peace, but not at any price. "
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" I don't hate people. I just accept missions. "
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Missions
" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "
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" To think that you can - as a Zionist, Jewish independent state at the end of the 20th century - rule over another people for generations without having any consequences - it's ridiculous. "
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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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" I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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 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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" 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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