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International legitimacy is a fundamental source of power for Israel nowadays.
Ehud Barak
Power
Nowadays
Israel
Source
Legitimacy
International
Fundamental
Toward the Palestinians, Israel can only give. But when dealing with the entire Arab world, Israel can get a lot.
Ehud Barak
World
Arab
Arab World
Entire
Give
Only
Toward
Dealing
Israel
Lot
Get
Palestinians
The Syrian rebels, weakened by infighting, have also been victims of the growing rift between the U.S. and its closest Arab allies.
Ehud Barak
Syrian
Arab
Weakened
Allies
Between
Also
Been
Closest
Victims
Growing
Rebels
Rift
I'm not afraid of elections. I've won every election I've fought in.
Ehud Barak
Election
Every
Won
Afraid
Elections
Fought
Either we destroy world terror or world terror will destroy us.
Ehud Barak
World
Will
Destroy
Terror
Either
Us
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.
Ehud Barak
Soul
Leader
Penetrate
Kind
Promised
Promised Land
Arafat
Staying
Crossing
River
Advance
He
Masks
Moses
Reach
Know
Front
Behind
Wants
Cannot
Whether
Land
Who
Agreement
Palestinians
To think that you can - as a Zionist, Jewish independent state at the end of the 20th century - rule over another people for generations without having any consequences - it's ridiculous.
Ehud Barak
You
People
Think
Consequences
State
Rule
Independent
Having
Generations
Over
Another
Without
End
Any
Century
Ridiculous
Zionist
Jewish
There is no entity in the world that will dare attack Israel with chemical weapons.
Ehud Barak
World
Will
Dare
Weapons
Entity
Attack
Chemical
Israel
I tend not to believe radical Muslim movements.
Ehud Barak
Radical
Believe
Muslim
Tend
Movements
With the globalization, it's difficult for governments to impose decisions on private companies.
Ehud Barak
Difficult
Globalization
Impose
Private
Governments
Decisions
Companies
Once Iraq becomes a nuclear power, the very decision to go to war against it would become a totally different ball game.
Ehud Barak
War
Game
Decision
Power
Become
Once
Would
Totally
Ball
Ball Game
Becomes
Go
Iraq
Very
Different
Against
Nuclear
Nuclear Power
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.
Ehud Barak
You
Matters
Backing
Launch
Must
Follow
Diplomatic
Through
Well
Forces
Operation
Operational
Ready
Surgical
Lined
Campaign
Up
Deployed
Larger
Level
Need
If Israel does not find the way to disengage from the Palestinians, its future might resemble the experience of Belfast or Bosnia - two communities bleeding each other to death for generations.
Ehud Barak
Death
Future
Experience
Other
Way
Find
Bosnia
Generations
Bleeding
Does
Israel
Might
Communities
Resemble
Belfast
Each
Palestinians
Two
It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.
Ehud Barak
Government
Soldiers
Citizens
Role
Defend
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.
Ehud Barak
World
Tell
Kind
Both
Participate
Underdog
Stick
How
Authority
Ends
Hold
Cannot
Incite
Palestinian
Violence
I don't think that the Iranians, even if they got the bomb, they're going to drop it immediately on some neighbor. They fully understand what might follow. They're radical, but not total mishuginas.
Ehud Barak
Drop
Radical
Think
Immediately
Neighbor
Follow
Total
Some
Understand
Got
Iranians
Going
Might
Fully
Even
Bomb
When an army doesn't want to fight, you don't need much experience to win.
Ehud Barak
You
Army
Fight
Experience
Win
Want
Much
Need
Israel stands proudly at the forefront of international achievement. The world's leading corporations - Google, Intel and Motorola, to name but a few - maintain research and development facilities here, and our technology start-ups continue to be acquired by the likes of AOL, eBay and IBM.
Ehud Olmert
Achievement
Technology
World
Google
Few
Research
Our
Corporations
Facilities
Development
Leading
Maintain
Name
Likes
Forefront
Israel
Proudly
Continue
Intel
Acquired
International
Stands
Here
I have to think about the possible ramifications of an early retirement.
Ehud Olmert
Think
Ramifications
Possible
About
Retirement
Early
I know the war in Iraq is controversial in the States, but for us in the Middle East it has made a great and significant impact.
Ehud Olmert
War
Great
Made
States
East
Significant
Impact
Know
Iraq
Controversial
Middle
Middle East
Us
Dictates are futile, and mutual accusations are nothing but useless word games.
Ehud Olmert
Word
Nothing
Futile
Mutual
Dictates
Accusation
Games
Useless
Growing up in Israel, how can I not be an optimist? When you remember what Israel was 50 years ago and you see Israel now, one of the most successful countries in the world, stable, democratic, with an enormously stable economy despite everything that has happened in the global economy in the last few years, how can I not be an optimist?
Ehud Olmert
You
World
Remember
Few
Despite
Everything
See
Countries
Economy
Global
Global Economy
Most
Democratic
How
Israel
Years
Years Ago
Up
Optimist
Stable
Happened
Successful
Growing
Growing Up
Now
Last
Last Few Years
The military operation in Lebanon was the most successful military operation in recent Israeli history. Many in Israel don't recognise that.
Ehud Olmert
History
Military
Recognise
Most
Operation
Israel
Israeli
Lebanon
Successful
Many
Military Operation
Recent
For me, Arik Sharon - I remember his courage and inspiration. I want to remember him the way he really was, not as an aging 80-year-old man living in bed helpless and unconscious.
Ehud Olmert
Me
Man
Courage
Remember
Living
Way
Inspiration
Unconscious
He
Sharon
Him
Bed
His
Want
Really
Aging
Helpless
If the Gaza ceasefire proves stable, Israel will not remain in the Strip.
Ehud Olmert
Will
Gaza
Strip
Remain
Israel
Proves
Stable
The United States is a superpower whose influence reaches across oceans and beyond borders.
Ehud Olmert
States
Borders
Superpower
Beyond
Oceans
Influence
Across
United
Whose
United States
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