Ehud Barak

Defense Minister Israel Katz is a strategic liability that Israel cannot afford - opinion

Israel's defense minister does not have the skills that his job demands. The kind of strategizing that Ben-Gurion, Eshkol, and Arens did in their jobs is beyond Katz’s abilities

NOVEMBER 28, 2025|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL

Defence Minister Israel Katz inspects a missile at the Tel Nof Air Force base in March.

Noam Chomsky had deeper ties with Jeffrey Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

Newly released emails show Chomsky maintained regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein years after the financier’s 2008 conviction, including exchanges about meetings, travel and a letters of support.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the hallways of the Israeli parliament on November 03, 2025.

Explosive retweet: Netanyahu elevates antisemitic conspiracy about Barak, Epstein - analysis

When two men with such long shadows allow personal animus to spill into national policy and public diplomacy, the consequences extend beyond any domestic score-settling.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025|ByHERB KEINON

An anti-Trump protester holding a mask depicting Jeffrey Epstein marches at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Jeffrey Epstein scandal: Email leaks, unreleased files mobilizing the House - explainer

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal is back in the public eye as congressmen try to force the DOJ to release case files. Here's what you need to know.

NOVEMBER 13, 2025|ByAARON REICH, LEO FEIERBERG BETTER

Israel looks to increase defense cooperation with Japan - DM

In the first visit of its kind in over a decade, Defense Minister Benny Gantz will meet with several Japanese security and government officials.

AUGUST 29, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Defense Minister Benny Gantz on the first diplomatic visit to Japan since 2012.

'The Arc of Our History': Pivotal moments in Israeli history - review

Stanley Ringler engaged in the development of political support groups, political education programs, and lobbying in Israel and the US.

AUGUST 24, 2022BySTUART GELLER

A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

Ehud Barak: Too late to stop Iran's nukes with military action

Ex-PM in a column he wrote: Israel might need to operate independently as Iran's nuclear breakout "will most probably" occur when the US has its hands full

JULY 26, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak seen during media interview in Tel Aviv on September 30, 2019

Voices of the Arab press: Putin’s V-Day speech and the War in Ukraine

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 21, 2022ByMEDIA LINE

MARKING VICTORY Day in Moscow’s Red Square

Netanyahu's prime minister's office was bugged for a decade - report

The recording device, found in 2019, is reportedly connected to similar devices uncovered during the Harpaz Affair.

APRIL 16, 2022ByBEN CASPIT/MAARIV

Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

Grapevine November 17, 2021: Broken promises in the Promised Land

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 16, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, flanked by Tony Gelbart (left) and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the NBN campus.

Is a nuclear Iran an existential threat?

A selection from Haim Ramon’s upcoming book provides his inside look into history as a longtime minister

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByHAIM RAMON

THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the Iranian nuclear program, September 2019.

Ehud Barak's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein detailed in new book

According to a new book by journalist Michael Wolff, former Israeli prime minister Barak said he and Epstein have "nothing to worry about. The secrets are safe."

OCTOBER 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF