Ehud Barak

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

The Netanyahu years, an epoch of political decay that began 30 years ago last week, will hopefully reach its long-overdue end next fall.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to then-defense minister Ehud Barak during a session at the Knesset in 2009.
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

Right-wing activist Mordechai David arrives for questioning at a police station in Tel Aviv, in central Israel, on February 1, 2026.

Far-right activist Mordechai David barred from approaching Standing Together leader Alon-Lee Green


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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ehud Barak

Sealed depositions involving Jeffrey Epstein name Ehud Barak as offender

The sealed depositions were obtained by the outspoken Harvard professor in connection to a separate 2019 civil defamation lawsuit, filed by the same plaintiff Virginia Giuffre.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak arives before delivering a statement in Tel Aviv, Israel

Protesters sue Yair Netanyahu for half a million NIS after Nazi comparison

The court filing quotes a tweet published by Yair in which he says "they remind me of the brown shirt thugs," referencing the Nazi Storm Trooper (SA) militia which helped Hitler rise to power.

YAIR NETANYAHU at a recent court hearing.

Barak: Goal of first Lebanon War was to turn Jordan to Palestinian State

The former prime minister told Maariv that the late Ariel Sharon was very clear when he told ministers Israel’s end goal was to drive PLO into Jordan but they “didn’t understand or pretend not to."

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

Blue and White rejecting the Joint List repeats Ehud Barak's mistake

Over the past decades, Zionist parties abandoned their commitment to full equality, and have not even tried to include representatives of the Arab citizens on high places on their lists.

AYMAN ODEH, leader of the Joint List, gestures as he hands out pamphlets during an an election campaign event in Tira.

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.