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.

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

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

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


Former PM Ehud Barak calls on Israelis to 'besiege the Knesset'

The former prime minister criticized the inaction and failure of Netanyahu's government to take accountability, while calling for Israelis to "protest outside the Knesset day and night."

 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak delivers a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel June 26, 2019.

Iranian hackers leak photos of former PM Ehud Barak

"Embarrassing" photos of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak have been spreading on Iranian social media accounts.

Former Prime Minister and Labor party leader Ehud Barak talks to journalists at The Israel Project in Jerusalem

Ehud Barak: Netanyahu is 'isolated and desperate' to pass judicial reform - report

Ehud Barak referred to the judicial reform desperation as the result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's unholy alliance government to save himself from criminal court cases.

 FORMER PRIME minister Ehud Barak attends a protest against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, earlier this year. The sign behind him reads: ‘Germany 1933, Israel 2023, disgrace!’

Oslo Accords would make securing settlements impossible, IDF chief warned

Then PM Yitzhak Rabin acknowledged that the situation after the deal would be "less comfortable in terms of security."

 Right-wing Jewish settlers in front of a burning barricade as they block a main road from the West Bank. December 2, 1993

Oslo protocols declassified: Rabin doubted Palestinian elections

Israel's national archives released the protocols of a 1993 government meeting on the Olso Accords, led by then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

 THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

Israeli Ex-PM shares video of prof. equating Netanyahu with Hitler

Ehud Barak shared a video of Prof. Ichak Adizes comparing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler and saying he isn't fit to run the country.

 Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses his supporters at his party headquarters during Israel's general election in Jerusalem, November 2, 2022.

Letters to the Editor August 2, 2023: Fairies and Santa Claus

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania threatens Israeli democracy - opinion

Barak has never expressed remorse for his flagrant offenses: for the near plundering of Jerusalem, and for his near subversion of democracy.

 EHUD BARAK attends a rally against the government’s judicial overhaul bills, in Tel Aviv last February.

Protests against judicial reform continue for 28th week straight

Before demonstrations began on Saturday, right-wing activists tried to prevent Shikma Bressler, one of the leaders of the protest movement, from leaving her home.

 Protestors against the Judicial reform stand in front of "Crime Minister" poster in Tel Aviv, July 15, 2023.

My Word: The fires of perpetual protests

In 1999, Barak beat Netanyahu to become prime minister for a little more than one messy year, and he has never forgiven Bibi for coming back to power, again and again.

 FORMER PRIME minister Ehud Barak participates in a protest against the government’s planned judicial reform in February.