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Ehud Barak
7 quotes
“אם הייתי פלסטיני בגיל המתאים, הייתי נכנס בשלב מסוים לאחד מארגוני הטרור...פעולות ארגוני הטרור הפלסטיני, הפוגעות בנשים וילדים הן חמורות, נבזיות ושפלות”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview by Gideon Levi, March 1998
“["DONALDSON: But on Friday, you were very pessimistic. You said, "No good," when someone asked you how things were going."] No, I'm saying even now, if I have to summarize the situation - in one word it's good, in two words, not good.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) first seen 2000 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Prime Minister Ehud Barak on ABC News, September 10, 2000
“The Left is acting like a young child, saying 'I want peace'... A child says 'I want candy right away,' an adult takes all of the factors into account and understands who he's dealing with.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Barak Fights Labor MKs over Goldstone Israel National News, October 26, 2009.
“Life-sustaining Zionism and the seeds of fascism cannot live together.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What has happened is a hostile takeover of the Israeli government by dangerous elements. And it's just the beginning.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This government needs to be brought down before it brings all of us down, there are no serious leaders left in the world who believe the Israeli government.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During an interview to Channel 10, (May 20, 2016).
“There is another story, that we tried to impose upon him [Arafat] cantons, Bantustans. Total lie. We talked about 80%+ of the West Bank and 100% of the Gaza Strip. How can it become non-contiguous? And if you have some reservation against this or that curl of the border, at some corner, come to the table, negotiate it, and demand that this will be removed. I can go with you more and more, and I cannot afford spending more time on it, but basically, all these were stories that were invented in order to explain to his own people, and maybe to try to convince honest people in the free world how come that such an opportunity had been missed. Of course, I had my own demands, to protect Israel, to ensure our security, to make sure that we know where do we head. I said loud and clear: we have to put an end to this asymmetric process where we are supposed to give tangible assets, and the Palestinians have just to give vague promises about the nature of future relationship. I said I'm ready to go very far, but I want to know, now, that there is a partner, which is ready and capable to make tough decisions, and painful decisions. I was a great supporter of the peace of the brave, but never a supporter of peace of ostriches, where you put your head in the sand, let whatever happen, happen, and then wake up and say, OK, that's what happened. We cannot afford this approach. That's the reality.”
Ehud Barak (born 1942) first seen 2002 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at UC Berkeley, November 22, 2002