Posts Tagged: ehud barak
Former PM Ehud Barak on Gantz-Lapid Merger: ‘This Is a Very Happy and Important Day’
Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak praised on Thursday Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid for their decision to merge their Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid parties...
Israeli Statesman and Right-Wing Stalwart Moshe Arens Dies at 93
Longtime Israeli diplomat and politician Moshe Arens -- who served as the Jewish state's ambassador to the US and several terms as defense minister and...
Israeli Security Experts Weigh in on US Withdrawal From Syria, Emphasize Ongoing Iran Threat
A number of Israeli security experts have weighed in on US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from Syria, emphasizing the ongoing threat...
Israeli PM Netanyahu Scrambles to Stabilize Governing Coalition After Lieberman Resignation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scrambling to shore up his governing coalition following the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the Hebrew daily Yediot...
Former Prime Minister Barak Going Into the Medical Marijuana Business
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is going into the medical marijuana business as the newly appointed chairman of InterCure, a large Israeli company positioning...
But for the Grace of God — Iran in Syria and the Lessons for Israel
"Israel has a strategic interest in disassociating Syria from the extremist axis that Iran is leading. Syria is not lost, Assad is western educated and...
America’s History of Interfering With Israeli Democracy
With all of the talk about purported Russian interference in America’s elections, it is worthwhile to note that the US has a long-standing history of...
On Listening to Barak, an Essential Voice
Far too many of us have had a firsthand experience of Islamist terror, either in Israel or elsewhere around the globe. An even greater number...
Ehud Barak’s ‘Slippery Slope’
In an interview Wednesday with Tim Sebastian -- host of the program "Conflict Zone" on German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle -- former Israeli Prime Minister...
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s Political Correctness
While the election of President Donald Trump represented a setback to political correctness, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's interview on the May 14 episode of NBC's...
Israel Must Prepare for Deterioration of Security Situation in North, Retired IDF General Says After String of Syria Incidents
Israel must be prepared for a deterioration of the security situation along its northern border, a retired IDF general said this week, according to the Hebrew...
Right in Israel Heralds Trump’s Non-Committal Stance on Two-State Solution as Dawn of ‘New Era’; Left Warns: One State Means No Jewish State
A prominent right-wing Israeli politician heralded the dawn of a “new era” on Wednesday following US President Donald Trump’s non-committal stance on the two-state solution...
The Perils of ‘Palestine’ in Pictures
"If a Palestinian state is established, it will be armed to the teeth. Within it there will be bases of the most extreme terrorist forces,...
Bibi vs. Ben-Gurion: The Good, the Bad and the Remarkable
"When you compare his [Netanyahu’s] lack of actual achievements compared to Ben-Gurion, whose record he’s eclipsed, it’s embarrassing." -- Jeff Barak, "Reality Check: An empty record," The Jerusalem...
