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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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" In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement. "

Ehud Barak

You

Short

Peace

" Israel's secret services are allowed to profile. "

" I respect General Halutz very much so. "

" 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. "

" The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies. "

" Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor. "

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

" 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. "

" Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game. "

Ehud Barak

Decision

Game

" With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies. "

" In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. "

Ehud Barak

Know

Israel

" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "

" We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation. "

" Israel always has a special filter to look at things, and that is the attitude toward Jews. "

" 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. "

" War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off. "

" 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. "

" I fought against Palestinians. I saw them. "

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

" I will not discuss future hypothetical situations. "

" Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us. "

Ehud Barak

Destroy

World

" 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. "

" Yes, the world is short of perfect. "

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

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

" I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. "

" 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. "

Ehud Barak

Acting

Ground

" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "

" Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. "

" 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. "