Ehud Barak

Grapevine: 'Guilty' by association

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PROF. RONNIE LIDOR (left) and Ambassador of North Macedonia Shpend Sadiku (third from left) with faculty members of Levinsky-Wingate Center.
Illustrative image of Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

'I regret meeting him': Former PM Ehud Barak responds to Epstein Files recording in N12 interview

Barak had told Epstein that Israel could “easily absorb another million” immigrants from Russian-speaking countries, and that many would apply and adapt under “social pressure."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Israeli television sketch comedy Eretz Nehederet portrays US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amidst tensions with Iran.

'War Trump' vs 'Peace Trump': the Eretz Nehederet skit that captured Israel’s Trump anxiety

Israeli satirical sketch comedy Eretz Nehederet's newest skit was the highlight of the show's entire season.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Ehud Barak, a former prime minister of Israel, announces the establishment of a new political party that he will lead, in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019.

Ehud Barak as Israel’s WASP elite standard bearer - opinion

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak founded the “Black Flags” group before their fascist-uniformed-in-black appearance caused their quick exit.

|ByYISRAEL MEDAD

Bennett to Netanyahu: Leave Balfour residence within two weeks - report

The process is expected to last a few weeks, though N12 has reported that the legal adviser for the PMO has not yet set an official date for the transfer.

JUNE 19, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
A fake moving truck titled "Crime Minister Movers" on Balfour comes to "Take Bibi home"

The suicide of the Center-Left?

Lapid has remained steady at 14 seats instead of rising. Huldai has gone down and not up. And Gantz has not left politics, making it harder for parties that dislike him to unite.

JANUARY 17, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Before the split: (From left) Blue and White leaders Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon thank supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv after the elections on September 18, 2019

Merav Michaeli: I can beat Ehud Barak

Merav Michaeli could be the only woman heading a party in the March race.

JANUARY 16, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Merav Michaeli.

MK Yair Golan leaves Barak for Meretz

Yair Lapid: Center-Left must unite to beat Netanyahu.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Yair Golan (L) is seen at the Meretz faction meeting announcing he is formally joining the party.

Finally, Pollard is free - opinion

Jonathan is free now. His burdens with his wife’s illness are great. He has much to make up for. I hope he will do that in Israel.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByYISRAEL MEDAD
JONATHAN POLLARD and his wife, Esther, exit Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, in 2017.

Ramallah lynching victim's brother: Israel's gov'ts have let us down

"[Former prime minister] Ehud Barak promised us personally that we will be well looked after, but all we received was a slap in the face."

OCTOBER 21, 2020ByALEX WINSTON
The coffin of Vadim Norzhich, draped in an Israeli flag, is lowered to his grave in Or Akiva ,October 13, 2000

Netanyahu's tweet is not just a tweet, it’s desperation - analysis

Sadly, what Israel’s prime minister is trying to do is drive a wedge between the protesters – angry with his policies, alleged corruption and divisive politics – and the rest of Israel.

JULY 19, 2020ByYAAKOV KATZ
Demonstrators protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Prime Minister official residence in Jerusalem on July 18, 2020.

Dershowitz: I don't believe Virginia Giuffre's claims on Ehud Barak

Dershowitz and Barak are allegedly among the men, to whom Giuffre was trafficked.

JULY 18, 2020ByLEON SVERDLOV
Alan Dershowitz arrives at Manhattan Federal Court in September

20 years since Camp David summit: There was harm in trying

But historic events are not only successes; failures can also be historic in marking a turning point, a watershed moment. And Camp David was just that.

JULY 16, 2020ByHERB KEINON
Barak, Clinton, Arafat at Camp David 311 AP

Ehud Barak: Netanyahu sits on Knesset's neck like cop on George Floyd's

The former prime minister also Netanyahu is to blame for his name being involved with Jeffrey Epstein.

JUNE 28, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Ehud Barak