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Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv on April 3, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 24, 2019, 12:45 am
Ehud Barak said looking to partner with ex-general Yair Golan to form new party
Former PM and deputy chief of staff trying to recruit a team of veteran politicians, including Tzipi Livni, to run together in September 17 elections
By TOI staff
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
Stella Penn Pechanac, the Black Cube agent who duped actress Rose McGowan, one of Harvey Weinstein’s accusers, in a bid to quash the sexual assault allegations. (Screencapture/Channel 12)
June 7, 2019, 11:34 pm
Israeli who helped Weinstein undermine victims: ‘He wasn’t a monster then’
In first interview, Stella Penn Pechanac tells Channel 12 that while working for intelligence firm Black Cube she was simply trying to find out the truth
By TOI staff
Labor MK Stav Shaffir speaks at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 7, 2019, 7:05 pm
Labor’s Stav Shaffir announces leadership bid in next month’s primary
MK says it’s time to ‘start anew’ with a party that can ‘truly fight for an Israel that is democratic, open, equal and just’
By TOI staff
Avi Gabbay (C), leader of the Labor Party with party members and MKs after the results of party primaries are announced in Tel Aviv on February 11, 2019 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
June 7, 2019, 12:19 am
Labor moves toward finalizing leadership primary, in blow to Barak and Peretz
Motion advanced by former party leaders to have Labor committee appoint the next chairman is shelved; insiders will also debate whether slate remains unchanged
By Marissa Newman and 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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defense minister Ehud Barak attend a press conference at the PM's office in Jerusalem, November 21, 2012. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 31, 2019, 5:38 pm
Ehud Barak says Netanyahu is ‘finished,’ predicts Likud will turn on him
‘The cracks in support run deep,’ says former PM, noting with new elections Netanyahu will not have time to pass legislation to protect him from corruption charges
By TOI staff
Boaz Harpaz arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on March 15, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 15, 2019, 2:28 pm
Ex-officer sentenced for spreading fake conspiracy against IDF chief
Boaz Harpaz gets 220 community service hours; prosecutors note his lost job prospects and nine years of legal proceedings in justifying leniency
By TOI staff
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May 5, 2019, 4:35 pm
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Ehud Barak, Snoop Dogg and the Cannabis connection
Those who follow the industry, and even those who don’t, can’t ignore the news budding out of it, along with all the recent news flashbacks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces his wife Sara amid confetti during his victory speech before supporters at Likud party headquarters in Tel Aviv after April 9, 2019's elections. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
April 17, 2019, 6:24 pm
After win, Netanyahu makes Time’s 100 most influential list
‘Israel is Bibi’s nation,’ declares US magazine; last time prime minister received honor was in 2015, also an election year
By TOI staff
Likud TV propaganda channel segment mocks appearance of journalist Amnon Abramovich, who was wounded during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, March 22, 2019. At left, an actor made up to look like Abramovitch; at right, Likud TV presenter Eliraz Sadeh (Screen grab)
March 23, 2019, 12:25 pm
PM, Likud slammed for TV show mocking appearance of journalist burned in ’73 war
Post promoting interview with actor made-up to resemble Amnon Abramovitch, wounded driving tank in Yom Kippur War, deleted from PM’s Facebook page; disabled veterans plan protest
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, together with their son Yair at a Hannukah event, on December 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 19, 2019, 1:51 pm
PM’s office denies Saudi report Netanyahu’s wife’s, son’s phones hacked by Iran
Day after premier goads Gantz over alleged phone breach, his office fends off report that Sara and Yair’s phones were broken into
By TOI staff
Former prime minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, on December 22, 2017. (Flash90)
March 17, 2019, 11:59 pm
Report: Barak’s phone breached, info apparently sold to Iran by foreign hackers
Shin Bet and former PM refuse to comment on claim, which comes days after TV report said Benny Gantz’s phone was hacked by Iran
By TOI staff
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