Ehud Barak

Vance suggests Epstein had 'connections' to Israeli intelligence, 'deep state' on Rogan's podcast

“He clearly had connections to the upper levels of American intelligence. He clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence,” Vance told Joe Rogan on his popular podcast.

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Vice President JD Vance takes the stage during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center on April 14, 2026 in Athens, Georgia.
Barak, Clinton, Arafat at Camp David 311 AP

Twenty-six years after Camp David, Israel needs a new security doctrine - opinion

The only practical foundation for any future arrangement will emerge only when a profound change in Palestinian consciousness takes place.

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

'This is a sign of what's to come:' Ehud Barak warns of Netanyahu's next move

The former prime minister told 103FM that the government’s decision not to comply with High Court rulings is a sign of worse to come, and called on the opposition to lead a public campaign.

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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.

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.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN

Grapevine, August 22, 2025: Brains betrayed...

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 22, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
MK Tally Gotliv seen during a court hearing of Yonatan Urich, at the court in Lod, August 19, 2025

On Sabena rescue anniversary, Netanyahu warns Hamas that 'the rules are about to change'

The Sabena Flight 571 hijacking occurred on May 8, 1972; a young Netanyahu, under the charge of former prime minister Ehud Barak, helped rescue 90 hostages.

MAY 10, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a drill carried out by the IDF's Fifth Brigade on May 8, 1972.

Barak's civil war prediction: A warning or exaggeration? - comment

The question is: which voices deserve our attention and amplification?

MARCH 23, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on August 01, 2020.

Former PM Ehud Olmert mentioned as one of Jeffrey Epstein's associates in case documents

This is the first time that Olmert has been linked to Epstein. Other names mentioned in the documents include US President Donald Trump and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

FEBRUARY 28, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FORMER PRIME MINISTERS Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak attend a memorial ceremony, marking the 26th anniversary of the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2021.

Israeli cannabis co. InterCure raises NIS 66m. for damaged Nir Oz facility

InterCure facility at Kibbutz Nir Oz damaged in October 7 attacks to be rehabilitated.

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByGALI WEINREB/GLOBES/TNS
Kibbutz Nir Oz after the massacre

'Ethical' Israeli cyber firm Paragon set for $900m. US acquisition

If Paragon deal goes through, $500 million will be split among 400 employees and 5 entrepreneurs.

DECEMBER 23, 2024ByMEYTAL VAIZBERG/GLOBES/TNS
Projection of cyber code on hooded man (llustrative)

Israel’s next target: Former PM Ehud Barak says Israel likely to attack Iranian oil industry

“Israel has a compelling need, even an imperative, to respond. I think that no sovereign nation on Earth could fail to respond,” Barak said.

OCTOBER 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative photo of Ehud Barak in front a general view of fire at an oil refinery in Birjand, Iran.

Ehud Barak blames Netanyahu for strategic failures leading to October 7 Hamas attack

Ehud Barak criticized Israel's government for defying High Court rulings and blamed Netanyahu for strategic failures leading up to the October 7 Hamas attack.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024ByELIAV BREUER
Former prime minister Ehud Barak testifies during a hearing of the civil investigative committee on the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2024

Ehud Barak to Foreign Affairs: Israel has a leadership vacuum

Former prime minister, Ehud Barak, explains Netanyahu's failures since the beginning of the war and calls both the voters and Lapid, Gantz, and Eisenkot to call for early elections.

MARCH 3, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ehud Barak addresses a protest against the government.

Former finance minister Avraham ‘Beiga’ Shochat dies at 87

One of the last pillars of Rabin, Peres, and Barak's Labor party, Avraham 'Beigele' Shochat, passes at the age of 87.

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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