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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We must part from the Palestinians. It is one of our highest priorities to do so in an agreement, but we will have to prepare to do so without an agreement if it becomes clear that the Palestinians are not interested in an agreement,
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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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Today it is clear to all, even the current prime minister, that you, Yitzhak, chose the right path.
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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.
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It is clear that the Syrians would like to have a reassessment of the situation. We fully respect them, ... I believe the negotiations will resume in the following weeks. It may take four or six weeks, but I believe they will resume.
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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.
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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.
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Our children have to be educated in the values of equality, freedom of choice and democracy,
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I tell you, Yitzhak, that you are fallen dead but your spirit and will are stronger than ever, ... So today I pledge to you, to all our neighbors, and to the whole world, to travel the course you charted and to finish the journey you have led towards security and peace in the Middle East.
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I think I can say, your Holiness, that your coming here today ... is a climax of this historic journey of healing,
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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.
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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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We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to reinvigorate the process,
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You have done more than anyone else to bring about the historic change in the attitude of the church towards the Jewish people, ... Your coming here is a climax of this historic journey of healing.