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
military years wife
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.
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.
peace
There is no peace without a price, just as there is no peace at any cost,
achieve achieved agreement complexity ear egypt found listening necessary ready side
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.
accepted clarify events examine future happened ideas partners repeated security side sit sure teams together
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.
basic hold lebanon perception rule strangle tried unable violated
the perception in the world was that they tried to strangle us. In Lebanon we violated this basic rule and we were unable to hold what we took.
effort intensive last reach round start
We are at the start of a very intensive effort and, in a way, the last one in this round to try to reach a breakthrough,
cross
We are at the Rubicon and no one can cross it alone,
blood cause paid
The real cause is Arafat, ... paid with the blood of his people.
venture lectures finance
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.
writing want good-times
I want to study, to write to live and have a good time.
real war believe
Since the Six-Day War, the whole world, which is the real arena of battle between us and the Palestinians, believes that Israel is right in regard to procedure, namely problems and disputes should be solved around the negotiating table.
impress i-can
I don't do anything to impress anyone, quite successfully I can tell you.
sides rivals politician
I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides.