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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Your sensitivity, your gestures conquered the hearts of all Israelis.
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I think that the United States can contribute to the process more as a facilitator than as a kind of policeman, judge and arbitrator,
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It calls into question the seriousness of Arafat's intentions to implement ... understandings and decrease violence in the region,
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It is my intention to be everyone's prime minister. Whatever the differences of opinion between us, we are brothers,
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as soon as the mechanisms of cooperation are established.
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We will take time out to re-evaluate the situation of the peace process, ... as much time as is needed to evaluate the situation.
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We really do see it as the government's obligation on the day after the withdrawal from Lebanon to promise two things, ... the first that the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) will really be deployed on the border, and anyone that dares think to hurt us will get what he deserves with all our might.
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I can tell you I also smoked cigars 10 years before, and the watch, which is a Patek Philippe - it was my former wife who bought it for me as a gift when I completed my military service. What is all of this about anyway? 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.
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But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us.
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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.
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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 looked for an equilibrium point that would provide a peace for generations, ... but unfortunately Arafat somehow hesitated to take the historic decisions.
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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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The prime minister calls on the international community to continue and pressure the Iranian authorities to free the innocent prisoners.