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" ISIS has never fought a real battle. "
Ehud Barak
Never
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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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" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "
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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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" It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens. "
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" Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons. "
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" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "
Ehud Barak
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" Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor. "
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" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "
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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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" 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
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Always
Live
" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "
Ehud Barak
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You
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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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" 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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" I believe President Obama means everything he says about sticking to the unprecedented backing of Israel and keeping all options on the table against Tehran, as well as countering its adventures in Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. "
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" I respect General Halutz very much so. "
Ehud Barak
General
Very
Respect
" War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off. "
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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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" The Islamization process in Arab countries is very disturbing. "
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Countries
Arab
" There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons. "
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Israel
World
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" I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. "
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Years
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" Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews. "
Ehud Barak
Filter
Attitude
Always
" I don't think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They're radical, but not total mishuginas. "
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" Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely. "
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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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" 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. "
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