Russians in top positions always told me, ‘We don’t want to deal with our allies the way that the Americans dealt with Mubarak,’ which is a very live example in the minds of many. Ehud Barak Read Quote
Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically. Ehud Barak Read Quote
There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons. Ehud Barak Read Quote
Unfortunately, you cannot let your neck be kind of cut as a gesture for your neighbor, even if it’s a good neighbor. Ehud Barak Read Quote
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. Ehud Barak Read Quote
In Israel, generally speaking, politics is much more familiar than any other place. We all know each other. Ehud Barak Read Quote
I’m such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. Ehud Barak Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. Ehud Barak Read Quote
