Ehud Barak

August 11, 2019, 9:04 pm

US court rejects appeal by parents who sued Barak over son’s death on flotilla

Federal judge upholds district court dismissal of suit against ex-defense minister, who Furkan Dogan’s family argued was responsible for his death in IDF raid

By TOI staff

Former prime minister and leader of Israel Democratic party, Ehud Barak seen during an election tour in Tel Aviv on July 30, 2019. (Flash90)

August 10, 2019, 9:31 pm

Ehud Barak on Jeffrey Epstein’s death: I wish I’d never met him

Former prime minister had business dealings with the disgraced billionaire and was a frequent visitor to his homes, but denies he ever knew of any his sex trafficking activities

By TOI staff

Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 2005. (Neil Rasmus/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images/via JTA)

August 10, 2019, 6:53 pm

FBI investigates as Epstein suicide raises questions, conspiracy theories

Congress members call for probe into death and continued investigation of his alleged crimes, while many note his demise is convenient for those who could have been implicated

By TOI staff and Agencies

Jeffrey Epstein, center, appears in court in West Palm Beach, Florida, July 30, 2008. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP)

August 10, 2019, 4:22 pm

Accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in cell

Billionaire kills himself in Manhattan prison where he was awaiting trial, just days after a similar attempt to take his own life

By TOI staff and Agencies

Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing the formation of Democratic Camp electoral alliance on July 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

August 6, 2019, 9:59 am

Neighbors say Barak frequently visited Epstein building – report

Current, former residents tell Daily Beast they often saw ex-PM’s security detail in building allegedly linked to sex trafficking ring

By TOI staff

Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis (L) and Labor head Amir Peretz announce their joint run in the September election, in Tel Aviv, July 18, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90)

July 31, 2019, 8:21 pm

Labor approves union with Gesher, definitively rules out any further mergers

Deal between parties dashes hopes for formation of wider left-wing slate to oppose Netanyahu; Peretz claims such an alliance would have been the easy, but less worthwhile, path

By TOI staff

Ayelet Shaked speaks at a press conference in Ramat Gan on July 21, 2019, after she is announced as the new head of the New Right party. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

July 30, 2019, 11:09 pm

After merger, poll predicts Shaked’s United Right will be third-largest party

Newly formed nationalist slate predicted to gain 12 seats in the next Knesset; Meretz-Barak Democratic Camp dips to 7

By TOI staff

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz addressing party activists in Shefayim, July 14, 2019. (Jane Peimer)

July 30, 2019, 9:59 pm

Gantz doesn’t rule out coalition with New Right

Blue and White leader says he’d invite Shaked and Bennett to join him in government, but not their ‘extremist’ partner Smotrich

By TOI staff

Labor chief Amir Peretz at the opening of the party's new election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on July 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 30, 2019, 7:45 pm

Labor ‘looks certain’ to run independently of left-wing union, party sources say

Amir Peretz said to have ‘made up his mind’ about leading the storied faction to September’s election alone, ‘regardless of what others in the party think’

By Raoul Wootliff

Screen capture from video of Democratic Camp member Ehud Barak appealing for parties in the left camp to unite ahead of Knesset elections, July 30, 2019. (Twitter)

July 30, 2019, 6:29 pm

Barak urges union of all center-left parties on combined slate for elections

Democratic Camp’s ex-PM says his party would join any alliance with the common goal of changing history

By TOI staff

Retired major general Yair Golan at a conference held at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 30, 2019, 6:00 pm

A general’s warning: Yair Golan says only Democratic Camp can mend Israel’s ills

No.3 on the left-wing union’s slate says the party can enlarge the center-left, unseat Netanyahu, and ‘continue the disengagement’ by, in principle, setting Israel’s borders

By Raoul Wootliff

July 27, 2019, 3:01 pm

Barak accuses Netanyahu of ‘leaning on’ extremist party to avoid prosecution

Ex-PM says all Israelis ‘must stop the alliance between the corrupt and the Kahanists’; Blue and White MK rips premier for revealing Iran nuclear files

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)

July 26, 2019, 12:14 am

Netanyahu, Barak engage in Photoshop battle on Twitter

PM is quick to mock the new Democratic Camp alliance with an altered image, but his rival fights back with some doctoring skills of his own

By TOI staff

Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz, right, Israel Democratic Party chief Ehud Barak, left, and MK Stav Shaffir hold a press conference announcing their new alliance, the Democratic Camp, ahead of the September 17 elections, in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

July 25, 2019, 7:29 pm

New left-wing alliance vows to counter Netanyahu’s ‘racism, corruption’

Democratic Camp slate unites Meretz, Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party, and Labor lawmaker Stav Shaffir in a ‘first step toward getting Israel back on track’

By TOI staff

Amir Peretz (R) and Avi Gabbay (L). (AFP Photo/Jack Guez and Ozan Kose)

July 25, 2019, 5:55 pm

Report: Labor officials turn to ex-chair Gabbay to help oust leader Peretz

With the recently elected chair refusing to consider merger with newly formed Democratic Camp, some in party said to fear he is ‘endangering its existence’

By TOI staff