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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. "
Ehud Barak
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" In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. "
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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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" 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 fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "
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" 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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" Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. "
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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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" Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us. "
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" An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. "
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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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" I respect General Halutz very much so. "
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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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" Yes, the world is short of perfect. "
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" I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government. "
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I Am
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" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "
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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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" Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot. "
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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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" 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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" I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in. "
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" Israel cannot afford to be duped. "
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" It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens. "
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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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" I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. "
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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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" 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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" As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians. "
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" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "
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" I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit. "
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