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Topic: Ehud Barak

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November 30, 2012
10:13 pm

US President Barack Obama, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in 2008 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90/File)

US seeks way forward after Palestinian win at UN

White House spokesman says only ‘face-to-face’ negotiations can lead to two-state solution

By Bradley Klapper

November 30, 2012
12:53 am

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta tours an Iron Dome battery near Ashkelon with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak on Wednesday. Aug1 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Barak awarded US DOD’s top civilian honor

US secretary of defense bestows Distinguished Public Service Award on Israel’s defense minister

By Sam Ser

November 28, 2012
9:25 am

Former foreign minister Tzipi Livni announces her return to politics during a press conference in Tel Aviv on November 27, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)

Poll shows center-left bloc suffering from Livni’s political comeback

The Movement projected to win 7 seats; Labor, Yesh Atid and Kadima experience setbacks, while the right wing loses no ground

By Stuart Winer

November 27, 2012
3:19 pm

A Likud supporter outside the Kfar Saba Likud polling place on Nov 26, 2012. (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

The right stuff

Likud’s nationalists are sent skyward, scuttling Netanyahu’s moderate turn, while Ehud Barak realizes his political days are over and flies the coop

By Joshua Davidovich

November 27, 2012
12:59 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Barak ‘Top Thinkers’

From the web Ynet News: PM and defense minister among four Israelis to make Foreign Policy Magazine’s annual 100 Global Thinkers list

November 27, 2012
11:22 am

Right-wing politician Moshe Feiglin waves after the release of party primary election results on Monday, November 26 (photo credit: Flash90)

One in 10 voters could reconsider their party of choice due to Likud’s rightward shift, poll predicts

Netanyahu’s party, and Israel’s right, still seems en route to comfortable victory in January’s election — even with Livni joining the race

By Ron Friedman

November 27, 2012
7:47 am

Defense Minister Ehud Barak in the cockpit of an F-16 at the Ramat David airbase (Photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/ Ministry of Defense/ Flash 90)

The classically enigmatic farewell of Ehud Barak

The defense minister’s years in office were characterized by covert operations, a hawkish view on Iran’s nuclear program — and a clear-eyed assessment of an army’s ability to combat terror

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 27, 2012
12:00 am

Former Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni announcing her resignation from the Knesset in May 2012 (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Livni set to unveil new secular Zionist party on Tuesday

Latest polls say former Kadima chair could garner around 10 seats in January elections

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 26, 2012
7:50 pm

Defense Minister Ehud Barak during a press conference in his office in the Defense Ministry, Tel Aviv, November 26, 2012, announcing he is resigning from politics (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

The end of the road for the man who simply had to be defense minister?

Has Ehud Barak finally run out of options for holding onto the job he believes nobody does better? Or does he yet have one last trick up his sleeve?

By Raphael Ahren

November 26, 2012
6:46 pm

Ehud Barak meets with reserve soldiers along the Gaza-Israel border, November 20, 2012 (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Flash90)

For hard-line Palestinians, Barak quit over Gaza

In retiring, defense minister confirmed ‘resounding defeat in the face of the resistance,’ Islamic Jihad spokesman claims

By Elhanan Miller

November 26, 2012
12:49 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on November 14, 2012. (photo credit: Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense/Flash90)

Only new Jewish Home leader bucks predictable party positions in comments on Barak’s departure

Naftali Bennett says many Israelis owe their lives to Barak, as defense minister’s announcement draws otherwise expected praise and criticism from a range of political — and terror — leaders

By Gabe Fisher

November 26, 2012
10:22 am

Ehud Barak at a press conference Monday. (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty)

With surprise retirement announcement, Barak may have rocked political arena for last time

Defense minister drops political bombshell days after he oversaw assault on Hamas, and after four years partnering Netanyahu in strategies aimed to thwart Iran’s nuclear drive

By Joshua Davidovich and Stuart Winer

November 25, 2012
9:08 pm

New air defense system shoots down missile in first test

David’s Sling weapon system, with range of 70-200 kilometers, complements Iron Dome and will provide shield against Hezbollah’s arsenal