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I'm in the government to make sure that if there's an opportunity to make peace, it won't be missed.

History never repeats itself in the same way.

You can easily justify to anyone about the need to keep supporting Israel. We get very generous support. We need it.

Israel is much more effective when the Israelis are convinced that we are on the moral high ground: that we are acting not just out of might, but also out of right.

From Ehud Barak

In Israel, there is a peace camp that can convene 200,000 people in central square of this city, on very short notice, and there is a major movement among academics, politicians, thinkers, and public leaders for peace, even at a painful price. On the Palestinian side, you can find them individually here and there, but there is no public movement.

From Ehud Barak

The first intifada, I was then commander of Central Command, commanding the West Bank, basically. And I know to what extent the first intifada was a popular uprising.

From Ehud Barak

I became a prime minister within four-and-a-half years, the shortest kind of career ever in Israeli political history.

From Ehud Barak

I am the Israeli leader who met most with Arafat.

From Ehud Barak

Israel fits into the zeitgeist of our era. It is true that there are demographic threats to its existence. That is why a separation from the Palestinians is a compelling imperative.

From Ehud Barak

I think first of all that Iran is a problem for the whole world.

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