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Ran Baratz

Ran Baratz delivers a lecture for The Israeli Freedom Movement, April 13, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
January 30, 2017, 11:50 pm
Netanyahu media adviser quits amid rumors of bad blood
Ran Baratz rejects reports that PM blames him for souring relations with media and wanted him out
By ToI Staff
Ran Baratz delivers a lecture for The Israeli Freedom Movement, April 13, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
January 27, 2017, 10:35 pm
PM said looking to replace Obama-bashing media adviser
Six months after his appointment, Netanyahu has reportedly had it with Ran Baratz, blaming him for creating animosity and conflict with the press
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara boarding a plane to New York for an official state visit to the US, September 20, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 20, 2016, 4:08 pm
Netanyahu says he’ll urge ‘uniform’ global fight against terror at UN
PM heads to New York, will meet with Obama on Wednesday and ‘thank him for the great and important security assistance’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit the Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Northern Israel, on August 19, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
August 19, 2016, 10:13 pm
TV report: ‘No entry’ to PM’s inner circle without Sara Netanyahu’s okay
Aides dismiss ‘recycled, false allegations’ in Channel 2 report that depicts PMO as dysfunctional, PM surrounded by mediocre yes-men
By ToI Staff
Ran Baratz delivers a lecture for The Israeli Freedom Movement, April 13, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
July 26, 2016, 9:39 pm
Obama-bashing would-be media czar installed as PM’s ‘adviser’
Ran Baratz, whose appointement was frozen over Facebook posts disparaging US and Israeli officials, joins Netanyahu’s communications team
By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren
Ran Baratz (screen capture: YouTube)
June 26, 2016, 10:30 pm
PM taps controversial would-be media czar as lower-level adviser
Ran Baratz, whose appointement was frozen in November, to join Netanyahu media team ‘soon’; top job at National Information Directorate remains vacant
By Raphael Ahren
David Keyes (Courtesy)
April 5, 2016, 10:52 am
Netanyahu’s new spokesman denies sexual assault allegation
Woman charges on Facebook that David Keyes forced himself upon her in New York in 2013, later erases post; NYPD says no complaints received against Keyes
By ToI Staff
Aryeh Deri, left, whispering to Isaac Herzog at a party in Jerusalem on December 23, 2015. (Yaacov Cohen/FLASH90)
April 5, 2016, 2:50 am
TOI talks: Alleged corruption, real disappointment
On this week’s episode: New graft investigations of senior Israeli politicians; the end of the diplomatic standoff with Brazil and the renewed battle over Ran Baratz; Sundays off; and charging for plastic bags
By Raoul Wootliff
Yair Netanyahu (left) with his parents Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu, chat with US talk show host Jay Leno (right) at the Jerusalem Theater, on June 18, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
April 4, 2016, 10:23 pm
PM’s son said pushing for appointment of spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic
TV report doesn’t explain why Yair Netanyahu so wants Ran Baratz to be his father’s media czar, but insists story is true despite official denial
By ToI Staff
Ran Baratz (screen capture: YouTube)
April 1, 2016, 12:05 am
Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic
PM said to finally submit Ran Baratz to vetting committee, despite history of derogatory statements; calls efforts to stymie appointment ‘absurd’
By ToI Staff
Ran Baratz (screen capture: YouTube)
January 4, 2016, 12:22 pm
Two months on, PM’s controversial appointment for spokesman still pending
Ran Baratz, who called Obama ‘anti-Semitic,’ still hopes to head information directorate; post has been vacant since August
By Raphael Ahren
Ran Baratz (screen capture: YouTube)
November 23, 2015, 5:32 pm
PM said delaying Baratz appointment until after Kerry visit
Intent on hiring media adviser who called Obama anti-Semitic, PM is holding back announcement to prevent media outcry, report says
By Raoul Wootliff
US President George W. Bush listening to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, left, speaking at a joint news conference following their talks about the Middle East peace process at Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, April 11, 2005. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Images/JTA)
November 11, 2015, 6:01 am
After Baratz, 4 famous Israeli ‘burns’ of US officials
The current spat over Netanyahu’ s would-be media czar is not the first time an Israeli official trash-talked an American counterpart
By Ron Kampeas
President Barack Obama (right) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, November 9, 2015. The president and prime minister sought to mend their fractured relationship during their meeting, the first time they have talked face-to-face in more than a year. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
November 9, 2015, 7:22 pm
For famously bickering duo, a strategic show of making nice
Both Obama and Netanyahu go out of their way — in words and body language — to convey a key message of careful détente
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
US President Barack Obama speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum on March 22, 2013, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images/JTA)
November 9, 2015, 2:32 pm
Obama, Netanyahu look to mend fractured relationship
President set to push for ideas on avoiding descent into more violence; PM to detail confidence-building measures for Palestinians
By Julie Pace
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