Quotes from Ehud Barak

The Palestinian Authority cannot hold the stick at both ends: to incite violence, to participate in it, and to tell the world how - what kind of underdog they are.

Saddam Hussein has set an example of defiance, especially against the first President Bush, that other Arab leaders cannot and should not emulate; the example leads only to empty gestures and developmental stagnation, both of which the Arab nations have had enough of already.

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.

Benjamin Netanyahu seems to avoid any initiative.

Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it's a good neighbor.

I cannot penetrate the soul of Arafat. I cannot know in advance whether, behind all the masks, he's the kind of leader who can reach an agreement or whether he wants to be the Moses of the Palestinians, staying in front of the river and not crossing into the promised land.

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

Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.

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

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds.

Assad wanted Israel to capitulate in advance to all his demands. Only then would he agree to enter into substantive negotiations. I couldn't agree to this.

When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.

Israel cannot afford to be duped.