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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want peace, but not at any price.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Calculated Risk
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other.
- Failed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.
- Hedonistic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.
- Consultant
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- Nov 07, 2020
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.
- Ever
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, the world is short of perfect.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
History never repeats itself in the same way.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Commander
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fought
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- Nov 07, 2020
I fought against Palestinians. I saw them.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't hate people. I just accept missions.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that I am absolutely reliable. Absolutely.
- Does
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a tycoon or anything like that. Does my property amount to several million dollars? Of course it does.
- Pessimist
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- Nov 07, 2020
They say in the Middle East a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel cannot afford to be duped.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Half
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- Nov 07, 2020
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?
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nowadays
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- Nov 07, 2020
International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays.
- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Middle East is a region where predictions go to die.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hezbollah will support Assad to the end because his continuing hold on power is critical to its own survival.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.
- Air
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel will continue to act proactively to prevent the transfer of heavy missiles or advanced air defense systems from Syria to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, which, of course, carries the risk of a military showdown.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit.
- Disruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a need to accept a limited disruption of civil liberties in order to penetrate terror.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel is the strongest nation in the Middle East, but we have to apply our strength wisely.
- Prevent
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- Nov 07, 2020
War is no picnic. Wars should be prevented, and if you can't prevent them, you have to put them off.
- Hypothetical
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the lessons learned in the Middle East is to never try to anticipate the other side's moves.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dare
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am confident the Obama administration will work professionally with any Israeli government.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
Iran sees India, China, Pakistan and, allegedly, Israel around them with nuclear weapons.
- Muslim
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.
- Leader
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- Nov 07, 2020
As prime minister, I was the Israeli leader who walked the greatest distance in his offers to the Palestinians.
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Empty
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
The aim of the Palestinian terror is not just to kill Israelis but also to break the will of Israeli society in order to dictate a political solution. Israel should never yield to this terror campaign.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor.
- Eye
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation.
- Neighbor
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020
I respect General Halutz very much so.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened. I believe the perception is wrong. The United States remains the world's mightiest military, economic and diplomatic power by far, with reach and abilities beyond rival.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region.
- Profile
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel's secret services are allowed to profile.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.
- Fought
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- Nov 07, 2020