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
evaluate needed peace situation time
We will take time out to re-evaluate the situation of the peace process, ... as much time as is needed to evaluate the situation.
highly needs president respect time
We highly respect (Syrian) President (Hafez) Assad and if he needs some time before the negotiation is resumed we will respect it and we will wait. We will be there when they are ready.
believe clearly conflict expects felt mean somehow time
It doesn't mean that the whole thing is closed. I believe that (Arafat) felt very clearly that the world as a whole expects him to move, and that somehow the time had come to put an end to the conflict of 100 years between us and the Palestinians, and there would be no better opportunity.
chosen essence few leave maybe mistake mistakes namely order realize stone takes time unturned
Maybe I made a few or maybe many tactical mistakes, ... but I did not make a mistake in the very essence of what I've ... chosen to do, namely to leave no stone unturned in order to find a way to put an end to this conflict, at the same time to be open-eyed enough to realize that it takes two to tango.
cannot essence idly process sit solved time wait
Time is of the essence for the whole process. We cannot sit idly and wait for the whole process to be solved somehow,
brothers time walk
Friends, this is a time of emergency, and in an emergency, brothers walk together,
conditions decide president states summit time united
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.
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,
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.
both mutual nurture peace respect sides suffered time
Both sides have suffered enough, ... It's about time to find a way to nurture mutual respect and to make peace together.
writing want good-times
I want to study, to write to live and have a good time.
along border clear deployed generation opportunity president rather time
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.
blow peace side terrible time
It is a terrible, terrible blow to peace. Even when Palestinians are killed it is a blow. But I have to say that, unfortunately, this time it is the Palestinians side that has initiated the violence.
bring conflict time
It is in our hands, perhaps, for the first time in many years, to bring an end to the conflict between us and our neighbors.