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
government help stand sure
I'm sure that the people, like me, will stand by this government and do everything we can to help it.
against agreement circumstance fighting firm peaceful problem solve stand terror until
We will stand firm fighting against terror until the circumstances will become right for resumption of negotiations, ... It's only negotiations and peaceful agreement that will solve the problem from its very roots.
critical enhanced extremely intimacy point renewed revived standing united united-states
With revived momentum, enhanced international standing and renewed intimacy with the United States, we are at an extremely critical point in time,
arafat eyes filters ideas israelis mask president ready reality remove stand weigh
I stand my ground, look reality in the eye, remove the mask from (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat , remove the filters from the eyes of Israelis and I am ready to weigh ground-breaking ideas (for peace).
conscious fits pain stand
The whole significance of the compromise, all the pain that it comprises, is the conscious stand before reality, even if it never fits the dream,
aside headed leadership party personal stand
The party must unite, to place aside all personal considerations and to stand around a leadership headed by Shimon Peres,
against anyone army harm inflict painful ready stand tries
The army will stand cocked and ready to inflict a painful blow, if necessary, against anyone who tries to harm us,
displaying examine finished ideas readiness
In fact, we have finished displaying our positions. We displayed our readiness to examine ideas and we are waiting,
best few quite
I know quite a few things about that. I just got a long memo and am working on it. It's best that we not say much about that.
arrived chose king kingdom knew moment prince princes succeed toughest
I knew King Hussein, and I know King Abdullah, ... When the king was on his way to die, he chose Abdullah to succeed him not because he was more intelligent than the other princes but because he knew Prince Abdullah would be the toughest of them all if the moment arrived when the Hashemite Kingdom was in danger.
ball few imagine openness weeks within
The ball is on the other side, and I imagine that within a few weeks we will know if there is or is not an openness and a flexibility,
accept side
that if the other side agrees to accept the (ideas) as they are, then we too will need to accept them.
correct mistakes path positive though
I want to tell you that even though there were also mistakes in our way, and we will correct them, I am positive it was not a mistake to go on the path of peace,
agreement becomes clear forward implement move opening slight
Once it becomes clear that there is only a slight opening for an agreement with Syria, we move forward to implement our pullout from Lebanon.