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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. "
Ehud Barak
Neighbor
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" 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. "
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" I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world. "
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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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" You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it. "
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" They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience. "
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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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" Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced. "
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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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" 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. "
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Live
" It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens. "
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" I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong. "
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" Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us. "
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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. "
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Against
Empty
" I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you. "
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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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Go
" I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything. "
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Feel
" Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons. "
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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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" A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region. "
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" Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative. "
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Middle
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely. "
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" I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat. "
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