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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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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The Labor party under my leadership is working to bring the Israeli people together from all nationalities in the spirit of the scroll of independence. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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