Posts belonging to Category Ehud Barak
Posted by Anthony Reich on February 7, 2010
The recent escalation in rhetoric on both sides of the Israeli-Syrian border has, once again, raised the profile of the relationship between the two countries. Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a gathering of senior IDF officers last week that, in the absence of a peace deal, Israel could find itself at war with Syria. Syrian [...]
Categories: Arab World, Avigdor Lieberman, Ehud Barak, Golan Heights, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Peace Process, Syria, Turkey |
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Posted by Eric on January 18, 2010
Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul met this weekend in Ankara, Turkey to discuss common defense goals.
Categories: Arab World, Asia, Ehud Barak, Europe/European Union, Security, Turkey |
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Posted by Eric on September 18, 2009
Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave the order to remove 100 roadblocks around the West Bank. The roadblocks, built during the 2nd Intifada, were intended to give Israel an extra layer of security in preventing terrorist bombings.
Categories: Ehud Barak, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Judea and Samaria, Palestinians, Terrorism |
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Posted by Eric on July 1, 2009
Defense Minister and Labor Party sell-out Ehud Barak is in New York today meeting with US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell. The primary goal of the meetings is to find a middle ground on settlements and future peace objective.
Barak reported that the initial meeting, which lasted over four hours, was productive in finding an [...]
Categories: Ehud Barak, Peace Process, Settlements, United States of America |
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Posted by Eric on June 2, 2009
Defense Minister Ehud Barak told UN Secretary General Ban Kai Moon that the UN that it is time to stop probing Israel for war crimes. Hamas’ war crimes are on the news. Rocket attacks on civilian populations are a declaration of war. They are against “international law”. Israel was just defending [...]
Categories: Ehud Barak, Hamas, Operation Cast Lead, United Nations |
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Posted by Eric on March 25, 2009
It is no secret that I am a fan of a right wing Israeli government. I was hoping for a Likud led coalition this time around, and it looks like it is happening. However, there are costs to both sides for the recent Labor-Likud deal.
On the Labor side, the issue is obvious. [...]
Categories: Avodah (Labor), Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Government, Knesset, Likud |
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Posted by Eric on March 24, 2009
A convention of Labor party members voted 58% in favor of joining the Likud led government. A mixed crowd of cheers and boos listened to a proposal by party chair Ehud Barak.
Barak cited the economy as the major reason for signing on. He expects that Labor will be given high ranking ministerial positions. [...]
Categories: Avodah (Labor), Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Knesset, Likud |
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Posted by Eric on February 8, 2009
Ehud Barak was the 10th Prime Minister of Israel. Barak was born in 1942 on Kibbutz Mishmar in what would become Israel six years later. Barak is the Chair of the Labor (Avodah) Party.
Barak joined the Israeli military in 1959 and moved through the ranks while working on many high profile operations including Entebbe. In [...]
Categories: Ehud Barak, Prime Ministers in History |
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Posted by Eric on December 28, 2008
Israel has unleashed another wave of attacks, this time targeting tunnels. Two were killed and twenty five were injured in the air strikes. Just two days ago Israel dropped leaflets in Gaza saying that tunnel bombings were imminent.
The move comes a day after major air strikes killed around 200 in Gaza.
Hamas has responded [...]
Categories: Ehud Barak, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Operation Cast Lead, Tzipi Livni |
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Posted by Eric on December 11, 2008
The Southern Command of the Israeli Defense Forces is preparing for an eruption of violence from Gaza as the Hamas-Israel truce nears an end.
The cease fire with Hamas officially expires next Friday, and Israeli officials are discussing the prospects of renewing the deal. I assume Hamas leaders (aka terrorists) are having similar discussions. Foreign Minister [...]
Categories: Ehud Barak, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Security, Tzipi Livni |
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