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


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.

Israel agreed to hand over parts of Jerusalem's Old City to the Palestinians in 2000 - docs

Declassified document reveals Israel's past offer to cede sovereignty in Jerusalem's Old City

The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, Jerusalem.

Letters to the Editor June 7, 2023: Dystopian image

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Barak's secret plot pushing the anti-judicial reform protests - opinion

At any rate, Gilead Sher, a key protest leader and a long-time member of Barak’s inner circle, revealed part of the plot in a recent interview.

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