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Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, on April 3, 2019. It is not the first time Barak, 77, has considered a political comeback. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 21, 2019, 10:22 pm
Ehud Barak confirms looking at new party ahead of elections, denies Labor return
Former PM says the center-left has to unite in one bloc to defeat Netanyahu, won’t say whether he’d insist on leading it
By ToI Staff
Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2019, 3:03 am
Report: Barak meets former deputy IDF chief as he mulls new party
Former prime minister once again said to be looking at prospect of reentering politics with new slate, would seek to form bloc with Labor
By ToI Staff
Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni, pictured in 2009 (Photo credit: Gil Yohanan/Flash90)
June 5, 2019, 6:37 pm
Ehud Barak said to rule out forming new party, but may make election run
Former PM hoping to team up with Labor and other prominent politicians on center-left in effort to oust Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak, at an event for outstanding soldiers at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, May 9, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 4, 2019, 12:15 am
Ehud Barak said weighing a return to politics, again
Former prime minister and defense minister, 77, will reportedly decide whether to run in September, after conducting his own public opinion polls
By ToI Staff
Einat Wilf addresses the Knesset, October 15, 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 18, 2013, 11:25 am
Is Israel’s electoral system just fine the way it is?
Days before Israel votes, soon-to-be ex-MK Einat Wilf, who has political science degrees from Harvard and Cambridge, offers a near-heretical thesis
By Raphael Ahren
Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni, pictured in 2009 (Photo credit: Gil Yohanan/Flash90)
November 23, 2012, 8:57 pm
Livni heading for 10 seats, and Barak will make it back into the Knesset, poll shows
Ousted Kadima chief set to run as head of her own party, may recruit ex-Labor leader and former general Amram Mitzna
By Yoel Goldman and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a Knesset committee meeting in October (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 5, 2012, 5:17 pm
Vice PM Shalom claims Barak slammed IDF in Channel 2 interview for political reasons
Defense minister claims in TV documentary broadcast Monday that army was not prepared in 2010 to strike at Iran if necessary
By ToI Staff
The Knesset in Jerusalem (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90)
October 18, 2012, 6:40 am
The Knesset expects lots of Labor and one or two Bibis
Communists, Kahanists, annexationists, Hasidic rabbis and the social protest movement — the race for seats in the next parliament features colorful figures from across the ideological spectrum
By Raphael Ahren
Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 2012 (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
October 3, 2012, 12:04 am
Netanyahu’s uncharacteristic sniping at Barak underlines that elections may be near
PM’s alliance with his defense minister shows signs of cracking, as prospect of Iran strike recedes and election fever builds
By Michal Shmulovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in February (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
April 4, 2012, 4:54 pm
PM says he wants to expand settlements, as right-wing slams eviction of Hebron settlers
Lieberman, taking aim at Barak, says Defense Ministry is ‘destabilizing the coalition’
By Gabe Fisher
Illustrative: Einat Wilf addresses the Knesset plenary in 2010. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
February 20, 2012, 7:19 am
MK Einat Wilf: Israel now freer, more tolerant than ever
Many critics in Israel and abroad lament the recent series of controversial laws debated in the Knesset. But according to the Atzmaut politician, the region’s only true democracy is alive and well
By Raphael Ahren
Incoming MK Shakib Shanan (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 15, 2012, 1:58 pm
The Knesset’s newest member raises some eyebrows
Shakib Shanan brings the number of non-Jewish MKs to 15. But is he bringing anything else to the table?
By Raphael Ahren
February 8, 2012, 9:41 am
Likud would sweep elections, new Knesset poll says
The nationalist bloc would retain its majority, while Kadima is expected to lose half its current parliment seats
By Raphael Ahren
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