Ehud Barak Quotes (174 Quotes)


    peace at any price, but also no peace without paying a certain price -- a price that is heart-rending and difficult to accept.

    The inclusion of an extreme right-wing party ... in the government of a European country such as Austria should outrage every citizen of the free world, ... The Jewish nation overall, and the state of Israel at its head, will not allow the world to go on its way in the face of the developments in Austria.

    I believe that it serves the strategic needs of Israel ... It serves at the same time the strategic needs of Syria.

    Together with the president of the United States, let us be able to bring peace and security to our people, ... This is an opportunity, a window of opportunity that will not reoccur.

    I know we have thousands of problems on the public agenda, ... (But) nothing is more important in my view than that supreme mission -- to strengthen the security of Israel by putting an end to the 100-year conflict in the Middle East.


    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.

    He doesn't have the character or the will or the ability, ... He doesn't have the qualities to bring about the painful decisions that will take the challenge proper, and as a result of it unfortunately we have to do it painfully and unilaterally.

    time is an elusive and perishable commodity.

    We looked for an equilibrium point that would provide a peace for generations, ... but unfortunately Arafat somehow hesitated to take the historic decisions.

    as soon as the mechanisms of cooperation are established.

    We are filled with confidence that we will not let this opportunity get away from us. This time we will make peace and security for Israel,

    We fully realize that on the way to peace we will have to make compromises, but it is too early to define what kind of compromises, ... We will define it once we realize what President Assad is ready to give.

    I don't think the CIA should be involved in counting the number of policemen in the Gaza Strip to check up on the Palestinians,

    Once there will be an agreement, if and when there will be an agreement, the enthusiasm within the people to accept it, even if it is a painful one, once it puts an end to the conflict I believe the Knesset will be with us and if not we will know what to do,

    were united in their concern for the Iranian Jewish community.

    If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

    I think that the United States can contribute to the process more as a facilitator than as a kind of policeman, judge and arbitrator,


    These elections will be the real referendum on (the issue of) the road to peace and security, to end the wars, to separate from the Palestinians and to live here forever among the people of Israel,

    an end to the tragedy. We are bringing the boys home.

    The people of the Middle East are ready for the dawn of a new era, ... I believe it is our duty, leaders of all parties, to pave the way.

    We will not return to the borders of 1967, ... The Palestinians want 100 percent of the territory. ... They are worrying about the Palestinian issues. I worry about the state of Israel.

    We have achieved our goals at this summit, ... We have a major concentrated effort to put an end of the violence of the last two weeks.

    tough diplomatic battle. It is impossible to predict how long it will last or the results.

    Within four-and-a-half months, I am determined to put an end to this tragedy in Lebanon ... and to bring the boys home.

    If we don't achieve this, but together with the Palestinians we reach a conclusion that the solution is a set of long-term interim agreements on most of the issues, this would be an important achievement,

    abominable crime against innocent residents on their way to work and soldiers on their way to their bases.

    The army will stand cocked and ready to inflict a painful blow, if necessary, against anyone who tries to harm us,

    The real cause is Arafat, ... paid with the blood of his people.

    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.

    It is a very serious and cruel murder of a young boy, ... We view this incident in a very severe manner and we will act in order to punish those who killed him.

    The voters have spoken and I respect the verdict of democracy,

    We are opposed to arrangements for a summit that give Arafat a string of concessions as a prize for violence, ... If there will be Palestinian demands, we will also make demands.

    Leah will be greatly missed and her memory will be with us always, ... We embrace today ... the whole family.

    At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of brotherhood should go out from here,

    I don't promise you peace. I promise you a best effort to reach it if it's possible,

    hopeful that, in response to our readiness to take calculated risk, without violating our national interest, that the other side will be able to show some level of flexibility and openness.

    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.

    I will... sign the agreement only if I'm convinced it strengthens Israel and its future, ... Such an agreement, I'm sure, will be approved and endorsed by an overwhelming majority of the Israeli people...

    Both sides have suffered enough, ... It's about time to find a way to nurture mutual respect and to make peace together.

    We will not for a moment close the window ... when this is an opportunity to move toward a peace process,

    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.

    We have arrived at a decisive moment, ... There is a great opportunity, a big risk, and the time is short. It reaching an agreement does not have to be a matter of days, but this can't continue for months.

    sign an agreement that I don't think is good.

    You want elections -- I'm prepared for elections, ... I'm not afraid of elections ... I'm proud of what I've done and what my government has done.

    Israel will not sit by, arms folded, in light of the serious escalation initiated by, and the responsibility of, the Palestinian Authority, ... We are doing everything, and we will do everything necessary, to protect the citizens of Israel.

    The government under my authority will not accept any agreement in any form that will recognize ... the right of return. Period ... I do not intend to sign any document that will transfer sovereignty over the Temple Mount to Palestinians,

    The true path requires courage ... and it is possible that the public is not fully ready for the painful truth, ... The truth will prevail.

    A Palestinian state, (former Foreign Minister) Ariel Sharon said more than a year ago ... in reality, de facto, there is one already. The question is how we make it neither an enemy nor a threat to Israel,

    What happened at the site was a test, and not a simple one, for democracy and a red light on the road to anarchy,


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