Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak, born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until January 2011. He previously held the posts of Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu's second government from 2009 to 2013...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth12 February 1942
CountryIsrael
believe effective forward issue issues jerusalem pushed
I believe the most complicated issue is Jerusalem , ... But I believe that if there will be a breakthrough on Jerusalem, I believe that other issues could be pushed forward in an effective way
peace point provide stable
point of equilibrium to provide us with a stable peace for generations to come.
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Only the president of the United States can decide if and when the time is right for a summit between us and the Palestinians, ... If and when all the conditions are right, we will be ready.
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legitimate movement that believes in security and peace; they have differences of emphasis and approach from ours.
hands lay lowly punish severity
lay its hands on the lowly murderers and will punish them with all severity of the law.
embrace greatly memory missed today
Leah will be greatly missed and her memory will be with us always, ... We embrace today ... the whole family.
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Shimon Peres is far preferable to Sharon and Netanyahu.
agreement sign
sign an agreement that I don't think is good.
arafat doubts dragging feet intentions reach serious since time wasted
Since Arafat has wasted much of this time in dragging his feet ... we have very serious doubts about the seriousness of his intentions to reach an arrangement,
details move overall shaping strategy
shaping the overall strategy and the details of how to move forward.
attempts
I have always said that when we go forward, there will be attempts to torpedo the process.
calls community continue free innocent iranian minister pressure prime
The prime minister calls on the international community to continue and pressure the Iranian authorities to free the innocent prisoners.
agreement difficult reach safety sure
We need to make sure that if it's possible, under these difficult circumstances, we can reach an agreement, which maintains our safety and interests. We must do everything to make that happen,
arena dance hope instructor maybe opportunity takes time
When the time comes, I hope we'll be able to meet. It takes two to tango. I am ready, the arena is ready, maybe the dance instructor is ready, ... We have to find the opportunity to begin.