Ehud Barak

..."The dawn of liberty has arrived and we will soon celebrate our hero prisoners." In Israel, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said as he toured an area not far from the spot where Shalit was seized that "we have the duty to bring Gilad Shalit...

In this article: Hamas, Israel, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, Benjamin Netanyahu, Egypt, and Cairo

...leader who was close to former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and is now a loyal ally of defense minister and current Labor chairman Ehud Barak. "In the current sociopolitical situation, only a leader from the Right could pass a peace...

In this article: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Labor Party, Binyamin Netanyahu, Yitzhak Rabin, Ma'ariv, Likud, Gaza, and Oslo

While Defense Minister Ehud Barak speaks daily about the need to renew peace talks with the Palestinians, some foreign diplomats and IDF officers have expressed surprise at the apparent lack of importance he attributes to the office of the...

In this article: Gabi Ashkenazi, West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Salam Fayyad

Article's topics: Ehud Barak, Insubordination, Kfir Brigade, IDF Barak is slated to hold meetings with intelligence and enforcement military officials in order to "decide on a method of treatment of inciting parties which promote soldier...

In this article: Jerusalem

...Shlomo Ben-Ami, President Shimon Peres during his term as foreign minister from March 2001 to November 2002 and Defense Minister Ehud Barak during his premiership from 1999 to 2001. In making the appointment, Lieberman "is using one of...

In this article: United Nations, Avigdor Lieberman, Shimon Peres, New York, Civil Service Commission, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Jerusalem Post

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday did and did not take responsibility in the same breath for the scandal in which the Defense Ministry paid NIS 527,000 for 16 guests at the Intercontinental Hotel, the most expensive in the French...

In this article: Paris, Intercontinental Hotel, and Tel Aviv

Both Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Labor chairman Ehud Barak began efforts on Thursday to use diplomatic progress on their trip to Washington to try to prevent a Labor split and keep the coalition intact. Sources close to the two...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Haim Oron, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Moshe Feiglin, Meretz, Likud, and Bashar Assad

...on Wednesday, officials close to him said Monday. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak earlier this week. Barak's associates said that following his return, the first meeting would be set up between the...

In this article: Isaac Herzog, Haim Ramon, Ma'ariv, Kadima, Shalom Simhon, and Amir Peretz

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a visit to the US along with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday that the issues facing Israel and the Palestinians are "a test to the leaders of the Palestinian Authority and to all leaders...

In this article: United States, Robert Gates, Barack Obama, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, White House, Dennis Ross, Hamas, and Binyamin Netanyahu

By Allyn Fisher-Ilan Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak faced the possible breakup of his left-of-center Labor party when a group of lawmakers threatened on Tuesday to break away protesting a lack of movement in peace talks. Legislator...

In this article: Eitan Cabel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Syria, George Mitchell, and Gaza