Ehud Barak

When you launch a surgical operation, you must already be well deployed to follow it through with larger forces. That complicates matters: you need to be ready for a full-fledged campaign on the operational level and have the diplomatic backing lined up as well. ”

Who can guarantee that if we allow the Palestinians to establish a state, we won't find rockets there as well, half a mile from the airport or 10 miles from Tel Aviv? ”

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. ”

I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel. ”

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

There is a thin line between peace of the brave and peace of the hostage... between compromise - even calculated risk - and irresponsibility and capitulation. ”

We want peace, but not at any price. ”

An independent, strong, thriving and peaceful State of Israel is the vengeance of the dead. ”

I'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. ”

I do not believe the efforts of the international community to stop Iran's nuclear program will bear fruit. ”