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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With revived momentum, enhanced international standing and renewed intimacy with the United States, we are at an extremely critical point in time,
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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 not talking about a miraculous solution.
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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 Rubicon and no one can cross it alone,
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We are realistic enough to know that nobody can have 100 percent of their dreams,
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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 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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Today it is clear to all, even the current prime minister, that you, Yitzhak, chose the right path.
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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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There are no negotiations, ... There are no discussions about renewing negotiations and first of all, we have demanded that first there must be a dramatic change in the violence.
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The real cause is Arafat, ... paid with the blood of his people.
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The real question is who will lead the government and to where ... and on this question a unity government headed by Netanyahu is not the answer,
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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.