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
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Until the wolf shall lay with lamb, we'd better be the wolves.
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But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past.
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The prime minister calls on the international community to continue and pressure the Iranian authorities to free the innocent prisoners.
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We found in Egypt a listening ear to the complexity of the problem, ... I clarified that we are ready to do what is necessary to achieve an agreement, but we have important interests, and an agreement will only be achieved if the other side demonstrates openness, seriousness and responsibility.
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We have so many other things to do, rather than to be deployed along the border for another generation or two, ... It's time to make a decision. I feel the opportunity is clear also to President Assad.
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We are a government that does not deal with niceties of language and packaging, it deals with action, ... I have no doubt that ... we will continue on this path and, in the end, the feeling will change as well.
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We are at the start of a very intensive effort and, in a way, the last one in this round to try to reach a breakthrough,
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We are at the Rubicon and no one can cross it alone,
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There is no peace without a price, just as there is no peace at any cost,
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We accepted American ideas that each side will examine its own activities, ... that our security teams will sit together to clarify what happened, and then we'll sit with the American partners to see what happened and to try and make sure that better coordination will be in the future and that such events could not be repeated in the future.
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tough diplomatic battle. It is impossible to predict how long it will last or the results.
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We are determined to turn every stone to find a way to go forward without risking our security or vital interest,
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We are determined to push it forward, if there is a possibility of having an agreement,
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We are determined to do everything we can