Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, speaks to Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland from central command in Tel Aviv.
Just two weeks before Israel gets a new prime minister and potentially a new government Barak discusses his own political aspirations.
He also talks about Israel's military preparations for any threat posed by Iran, about controversial Jewish settlements and his country's security fence.
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