Ehud Barak

Editor's Notes: Israel just met the America that comes after Trump - comment

Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.

US VICE President JD Vance and President Donald Trump listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, April 23, 2026, during an earlier round of talks. Trump leads now; Vance and Rubio are next. Israel was in the room as an ambassador, not a principal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to then-defense minister Ehud Barak during a session at the Knesset in 2009.

Middle Israel: Netanyahu's real legacy is Israel's era of political decay - opinion

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

Ehud Barak criticizes Netanyahu's Lebanon war policies, calls Bennett, Eisenkot 'superior' PMs

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

Netanyahu's Iran expectations are 'far from reality,' former PM Ehud Barak says


Barak: Netanyahu, in his current conditions, knows no bounds

The former prime minister said that political agreements of the sort suggested by President Reuven Rivlin “can’t be enforced.”

Ehud Barak speaks at a press conference with his Israel Democratic Party.

Ehud Barak: First results are worse than what I hoped

Barak added that there might be a unique opportunity to replace Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister.

Democratic Union members Ehud Barak voting on Tuesday September 17 2019

Nitzan Horowitz, Democratic Union

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Nitzan Horowitz

How it really is! Fool or prophet – the September election

Fool or prophet, I think this may be Netanyahu’s swan song, and immunity from prosecution will probably become a fading dream.

Orly Levy-Abecassis

Druze rep. quits Democratic Union: Arabs won't vote for Ehud Barak

Ali Salalha, sinking from 5th in Meretz to 20th in the union, said: "All of a sudden, you drop the media star of the previous election?"

Ehud Barak

Tapes reveal Netanyahu intervention in communications

Netanyahu’s office downplayed the report, saying it was well known that he has been involved in trying to ensure balance in the communications industry for many years.

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara

Barak: Netanyahu surrenders to Trump like a poodle

Decisions today on disqualifying parties, cameras in polls.

Ehud Barak speaks at a press conference with his Israel Democratic Party.

Barak lambasts Smotrich in tweet about female combat soldiers

The former Prime Minister criticized the minister of transportation, tweeting that female soldiers who serve alongside men "Do things that are vitally more important than anything he will ever do."

Ehud Barak announces the formation of a new party on June 26 at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv

Equality is courage

Barak’s Democratic Union recently launched a campaign that revolves around the word ‘courage.’

Ehud Barak announces the formation of a new party on June 26 at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv

Ayman Odeh to Barak: Get off the public stage; you should be left in the past

"Nineteen years have passed since you were responsible for the killing of thirteen Arab citizens because they took to the streets," he said.

ARABS HAVE full representation in the Knesset, with MKs such as Ayman Odeh (Joint List).