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. Ehud Barak More Quotes by Ehud Barak More Quotes From Ehud Barak But I should tell you honestly that this administration under President Obama is doing in regard to our security more than anything that I can remember in the past. Ehud Barak administration president past Until the wolf shall lay with lamb, we'd better be the wolves. Ehud Barak lays lambs If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations. Ehud Barak terrorist organization age Politics is not about schmoozing, it's about boxing. And you have to enter the arena; you have to come close enough that your face would ready the face of the other guy; and the price is that he can reach your face. Ehud Barak boxing guy enough We are talking about a major change in reality that has to come about, ... We are not idiots. If it turns out that this situation where there is no partner (in peace) remains the same, then we will know what to do. Ehud Barak idiot talking reality There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. Ehud Barak lines risk brave We want peace, but not at any price. Ehud Barak want I remember my days as a graduate student at Stanford, within any leading university, a very active Israeli support, for Israel, Jews fighting for the cause of Israel. Now you find Israelis, former Israelis, and Arabs, and Jews, fighting for the Palestinian cause. We are somehow losing the moral high ground, and I keep telling our people it's great to deal with propaganda, to activate many ways, to deploy PR firms all around the world. Ehud Barak support fighting people If we thought that instead of 200 Palestinian fatalities, 2,000 dead would put an end to the fighting at a stroke, we would use much more force. Ehud Barak fighting israel use The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more. Ehud Barak cleansing israel giving Israel is surrounded by a raging sea, parts of which are not willing to accept us as a partner with equal rights among the nations. The reality we live in presents us with profound challenges, the need to effectively use all of our resources, and the need to prepare for any development, near or far. The IDF will protect the security and the future of the state. The IDF will provide the response when the order is given. Ehud Barak israel rights reality The Arab leaders, they don't have a love affair with the Palestinians or the Palestinian leadership, but the publics have, and they cannot feel safe in their own chairs if they accept Israel, the mistress, so to speak, to acknowledge her as a main, the Unter den Linden, the main road, as long as we are not moving forward with the Palestinians. Ehud Barak leader long moving Geopolitics needs not just rhetoric, not just certain instincts, not just political skillful manipulation; it needs vision and what the Germans call erdung - you have to be connected to the ground always. You cannot float on your wishful thinking and hope that some miracles will become reality. Ehud Barak miracle reality thinking 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 adults acting children At this place, Jews have prayed throughout the generations, and it is fitting that the message of brotherhood should go out from here. Ehud Barak generations brotherhood messages The Israel legendary foreign minister, Abba Eban, used to say that the Palestinians had never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Ehud Barak legendary missing opportunity 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. Ehud Barak wife military years In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. Ehud Barak familiar israel knows Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. Ehud Barak iran serious long For three years now, probably more, there is a clear common interest developed between Israel and the leading Sunni moderate entities. The Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan. And the common interest is to block radical Muslim terror, to counter the Iranian hegemonic and nuclear intentions, and to join hands in a huge infrastructure project from water, energy, transportation, whatever, in the whole Middle East. Ehud Barak block energy water
