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Ehud Barak

  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    Israel-Hamas war
    Israel’s reinvasion of Gaza is a strategic disaster

    Netanyahu’s war isn’t about protecting Israelis. It’s about protecting himself

    Israeli army tanks take position at the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip
  • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
    Israel
    Israel critics investigated over call to resist judiciary overhaul

    Ex-premier Ehud Barak faces probe by task force set up by extreme-right security minister

    Ehud Barak and Yair Golan
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2019
    Israel
    Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak joins forces with Meretz party on Thursday

    Merger of newly created Democratic Israel faction seeks to create left-leaning bloc

    Ehud Barak, left, Stav Shaffir and Nitzan Horowitz raise hands after they announced their joint faction "The Democratic Camp" for the upcoming elections in Israel, in Tel Aviv, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
    Israel
    Ehud Barak launches comeback in Israel to challenge Netanyahu

    Former PM seeks to unite opposition to topple incumbent in September election

    Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak holds a press conference at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv on June 26, 2019 to announce that he will be running in the upcoming elections in September. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images
  • Monday, 23 July, 2018
    The FT ViewIsrael-Hamas war
    Israel’s new laws point in a dangerous direction

    Jewishness trumps democracy to the detriment of peace

    Israeli police secure a buldozer demolishing structures at the Bedouin village of Abu Nuwar, near Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank on July 4, 2018. - Israel carried out a series of demolitions Wednesday on what it described as illegally built structures. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by AHMAD GHARABLI has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [village of Abu Nuwar] instead of [village of Khan al-Ahmar]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require. (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Sunday, 20 November, 2016
    World
    Netanyahu defends submarine purchase

    Rival politicians demand inquiry into oversight of deal

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016. (Menahem Kahana, Pool via AFP)
  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2016
    The Big ReadJohn Reed
    Israel: Walled in

    The country is enclosing itself behind high-tech fences; other nations seek the same infrastructure

    Palestinian protesters are seen behind a wire during clashes with Israeli soldiers near the border fence between Israel and the central Gaza Strip east of Bureij on October 15, 2015. Israeli security forces deployed massively in Jerusalem as Jews armed themselves with everything from guns to broomsticks, rattled by a wave of Palestinian attacks that have shaken the country.   AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED ABED        (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Friday, 17 June, 2016
    World
    Israeli former defence chiefs hit at PM Benjamin Netanyahu

    Verbal attacks on Israeli prime minister mark shift in political landscape

    FILE -- In this Nov. 16, 2014 file photo, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Jerusalem office. Yaalon announced his resignation Friday, May 20, 2016, citing a lack of 'trust' in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reports over the past few days indicate that Netanyahu intends to appoint former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman to the post. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Pool, File)
  • Thursday, 16 June, 2016
    World
    Ya’alon says he will challenge Netanyahu

    Israel’s former defence minister expected to run with disaffected centrist and rightwing politicians

    FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon during a ceremony for new Israeli Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem. Israel's newly resigned defense minister has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of exaggerating the country's security threats to distract attention from other issues. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
  • Monday, 26 November, 2012
    World
    Israel’s Barak to retire from politics
    Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. Barak shook up the Israeli political system Monday with the abrupt announcement that he is quitting politics and will not run in general elections in January. The defense minister made the surprise announcement even after polls showed his breakaway Independence Party gaining momentum after Israel's recent military offensive in the Gaza Strip.
  • Sunday, 25 November, 2012
    Global InsightWorld
    Netanyahu stands to gain from Gaza flare-up

    Despite the polls, the Israeli prime minister has bolstered his position

  • Sunday, 18 November, 2012
    Middle East protests
    Israel needs a Gaza strategy more than war

    If the flare-up spreads, it could unleash wild consequences, says Efraim Halevy

  • Thursday, 8 November, 2012
    US politics & policy
    Democrats retain support of Jewish voters
  • Monday, 5 November, 2012
    World
    Israel mulled 2010 Iran attack, claims TV
  • Sunday, 7 October, 2012
    Israel-Hamas war
    Downed drone sparks Israeli speculation
  • Friday, 28 September, 2012
    World
    Netanyahu opts for tactical climbdown
  • Sunday, 23 September, 2012
    Global InsightWorld
    Netanyahu’s red lines mark split with US

    Israeli PM in difficult position over any Iran action

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pworld
  • Friday, 31 August, 2012
    World
    Israelis prepare amid fear of Iran war
    A boy tries on a gas mask at a distribution centre in Jerusalem, pworld
  • Sunday, 12 August, 2012
    World
    Israel puts raid on Iran back in focus
  • Monday, 6 August, 2012
    World
    Egypt urged to retake control of Sinai
    An Israeli soldier inspects a burnt-out vehicle that was used by gunmen on Sunday to cross the border from Egypt
  • Friday, 20 July, 2012
    The World blogJames Blitz
    Syria and the threat of regional instability
  • Thursday, 28 June, 2012
    Syrian crisis
    Hamas chief assassinated in Damascus
  • Wednesday, 6 June, 2012
    Cyber warfare
    Barak admits Israel’s cyberwar activity
  • Tuesday, 22 May, 2012
    Middle East protests
    IAEA says Iran nuclear deal reached
  • Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
    World
    Netanyahu forms Israeli unity government
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