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Ehud Barak

This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein (left), March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP); Former prime minister Ehud Barak in an interview with Channel 12 news aired on February 12, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
February 12, 2026, 11:57 pm
Ehud Barak: I regret ever meeting Epstein, should have used ‘more thorough judgment’
In interview, ex-PM says staying at apartment owned by sex offender wasn’t illegal; hoping for ‘tall and slim’ Russian girls to migrate to Israel was ‘unsuccessful choice of words’
By ToI Staff
A photo of US President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is displayed, as US Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during a US House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
February 11, 2026, 9:52 pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin accuses Trump’s AG of ‘Epstein cover-up’ in stormy House hearing
Questioning of Pam Bondi over slow rollout of Epstein files comes after report that sex offender sought to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin via contact with former PM Ehud Barak
By AFP and Luke Tress
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt after receiving the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen 2024 (Karlspreis) on May 9, 2024 in Aachen, western Germany. (INA FASSBENDER / AFP)
February 7, 2026, 6:20 am
Leading rabbi says he rejected mass Russian conversion plan mulled in Epstein audio
After ex-Israeli PM Ehud Barak heard backing engineering demographics, exiled Moscow chief rabbi reveals former minister asked him about matter, says it sounded ‘extremely racist’
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at an anti-government rally against at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, May 17, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 6, 2026, 4:42 pm
Netanyahu: Ties to former PM Barak prove Epstein didn’t work for Israel
PM pushes back against conspiracy theory – one he himself has publicized in past – by highlighting Barak’s activities in protest movement ‘to undermine the government of Israel’
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Seated, left to right, are billionaire Thomas Pritzker, former prime minister Ehud Barak and director Woody Allen, as magician David Blaine stands to the left and late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein stands between Barak and Allen, in an undated photo from Epstein's estate published by US Congressional Democrats on December 18, 2025. (House Oversight Democrats)
February 5, 2026, 11:44 pm
Barak wanted Russian immigration to offset Arab population growth, Epstein files show
In recording, the former PM and the late sex offender discussed demographics in Israel and the territories, and the failed peace process with the Palestinians
By ToI Staff
Seated, left to right, are billionaire Thomas Pritzker, former prime minister Ehud Barak and director Woody Allen, as magician David Blaine stands to the left and late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein stands between Barak and Allen, in an undated photo from Epstein's estate published by US Congressional Democrats on December 18, 2025. (House Oversight Democrats)
December 19, 2025, 3:44 pm
Former PM Ehud Barak seen in a new Epstein estate image released by US Congress
Latest batch of 68 photos, published a day before US Justice Department’s deadline to release files, includes close-up of ‘Lolita’ quotes written in black ink across a woman’s body
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Screen capture from video of former Mossad director Tamir Pardo speaking in a video calling to end the Gaza war, released August 3, 2025. (YouTube: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 4, 2025, 1:27 pm
‘On the precipice of defeat’: 19 former defense chiefs demand end to Gaza war
Over a dozen ex-officials who held key posts say fighting in Strip no longer serves any attainable military goal but only political interests; letter to Trump urges him to intervene
By ToI Staff
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during an interview with MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' program, aired May 9, 2024. (Screen capture: Youtube/NBC, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2024, 10:43 pm
Hillary Clinton: Anti-Israel protesters ‘don’t know very much’ about the Middle East
‘Propaganda is not education,’ says ex US secretary of state, slamming campus activists for ignorance of Palestinians’ rejection of husband Bill Clinton’s 2000 peace initiative
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak, during a media interview in Tel Aviv, September 30, 2019. (File: Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 7, 2023, 12:30 am
Iranians leak personal photos of former prime minister Ehud Barak
Images said to date from tenure as defense minister show him posing with a glass of wine in a bathroom; photo of Gantz in swimsuit also distributed online
By ToI Staff
File: Incoming Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, left, and his predecessor Yair Lapid meet for a handover meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Foreign Ministry)
September 21, 2023, 4:50 pm
Lapid: Must not give Riyadh a path to nukes; FM: Could have Saudi deal in months
Opposition warns of ‘nuclear arms race’ in Middle East if Saudi Arabia granted permission to enrich uranium, as foreign minister says normalization agreement possible in early 2024
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, February 25, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 20, 2023, 11:08 am
Ehud Barak warns some overhaul opponents could die but predicts no civil war
Ex-PM tells US media ‘we’ll win, through the most nonviolent protest ever,’ says Netanyahu doesn’t have the ‘troops, will or capability’ for civil war
By ToI Staff
Likud MK David Amsalem (left) reacts during a discussion and a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2023, 12:18 am
Amsalem calls to arrest anti-overhaul protest leaders, oust AG and probe ex-PM Barak
Firebrand minister says AG ‘not worthy’ of role, should have quit long ago, claims ruling Likud can’t govern due to her interference
By ToI Staff
Israelis protest against the judicial overhaul, outside Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana's home in Tel Aviv, July 6, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 6, 2023, 8:52 pm
Overhaul protests at MKs’ homes, key roads; plans for unprecedented demo next week
Levin, Rothman, Likud ministers targeted in another round of protests; ex-PM Ehud Barak says pilots, special ops should refuse to serve if coalition passes ‘reasonableness’ bill
By ToI Staff
Former MK Yair Golan attends a protest against the government organized by the Movement for Quality Government, in Tel Aviv on December 17, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)
June 28, 2023, 3:32 am
Incitement task force to probe Barak, Golan after calls for anti-overhaul uprising
Former prime minister and ex-Knesset member remain defiant in face of possible indictment, vowing to keep fighting against the government’s planned judicial overhaul
By ToI Staff
US President Bill Clinton, center, Prime Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat walk on the grounds of Camp David, Maryland, at the start of the Middle East summit on July 11, 2000. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
June 19, 2023, 11:19 am
Israel agreed to give up sovereignty in part of Jerusalem Old City in 2000 — document
Newly declassified response to Clinton proposal under PM Ehud Barak shows Jerusalem was willing to accept Palestinian sovereignty in much of Temple Mount as basis for peace talks
By ToI Staff
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