If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.
Ehud BarakBut 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 BarakGeopolitics 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 BarakFor 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