Ehud Barak Quotes (174 Quotes)

The soldiers and our officers were instructed to use any method to protect the citizens of Israel,

a true partner for (Yitzhak Rabin) all along his life, and the woman that carried the torch of the peace process since her husband was assassinated.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

the Middle East has suffered enough.

support the American effort to put an end to the violence and to stabilize the situation on the ground.

implement a peace agreement with Arafat behind closed doors.

initiative to renew the peace process.

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.

their own fate and the fate of their families, their children, all of us.

Even if I stay with nine (Cabinet) ministers and one-quarter of the Knesset behind me, we will do it,

for constructive efforts towards a comprehensive and just peace.

Our position is very clear, we cannot convey a political commitment from Israel to Syria before the negotiations even started,

We highly respect (Syrian) President (Hafez) Assad and if he needs some time before the negotiation is resumed we will respect it and we will wait. We will be there when they are ready.

a serious attack was prevented.

I stand my ground, look reality in the eye, remove the mask from (Palestinian President Yasser) Arafat , remove the filters from the eyes of Israelis and I am ready to weigh ground-breaking ideas (for peace).

It is our historic responsibility to work towards an end to this conflict and to bring peace and security to Israel,

I want to tell you that even though there were also mistakes in our way, and we will correct them, I am positive it was not a mistake to go on the path of peace,

I knew King Hussein, and I know King Abdullah, ... When the king was on his way to die, he chose Abdullah to succeed him not because he was more intelligent than the other princes but because he knew Prince Abdullah would be the toughest of them all if the moment arrived when the Hashemite Kingdom was in danger.

doesn't mean the peace process is frozen.

I believe that an end to violence could be accomplished, and in a way should be accomplished,

We came here to recommit to his way, we came here to tell him, 'Yitzhak, your way has won out, and we came here to say to whoever believes it possible to move us from the path of Yitzhak, 'We are not afraid, we are not afraid,'

We are already more than 50 years after the end of the war. It's urgent, since the people involved are very old already,

If the Palestinian leadership is prepared to confront the challenge of setting up a Palestinian state and solving the hardships of its people, it must understand that a condition for that is ending the conflict with Israel.

There is a golden opportunity with Arafat in power, with Clinton still in power, with this government in Israel that wants to make peace,