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" There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons. "
Ehud Barak
Israel
World
Will
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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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" 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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" 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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" One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves. "
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" The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies. "
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" International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays. "
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" 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. "
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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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Game
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" Yes, the world is short of perfect. "
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World
Perfect
" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "
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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. "
Ehud Barak
Enough
Against
Empty
" In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. "
Ehud Barak
Know
Israel
More
" Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor. "
Ehud Barak
Neighbor
Kind
Good
" Sometimes you have to subordinate strategic considerations to tactical needs. "
Ehud Barak
Needs
You
Strategic
" 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. "
Ehud Barak
Ready
Well
You
" I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history. "
Ehud Barak
Career
Years
Kind
" The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die. "
Ehud Barak
Middle
Middle East
Go
" It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens. "
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Role
Soldiers
Defend
" I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements. "
Ehud Barak
Believe
Muslim
Radical
" I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. "
Ehud Barak
I Am
Leader
Met
" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "
Ehud Barak
You
Get
Keep
" We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation. "
Ehud Barak
World
Freedom
Open
" Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival. "
Ehud Barak
Survival
Will
End
" I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely. "
Ehud Barak
Am
I Am
Reliable
" 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
Me
Always
Live
" Israel's secret services are allowed to profile. "
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Allowed
Israel
" I will not discuss future hypothetical situations. "
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Will
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" I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. "
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You
" 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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Believe
Everything
" An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. "
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Independent
Dead
Strong