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March 23, 2016
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ehud barak
U.S. civil suit brought against Israeli ex-PM Ehud Barak
Jewish Journal
October 21, 2015
Relatives of a 19-year-old U.S. citizen killed in Israel\’s 2010 storming of a Turkish-led aid flotilla are suing former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for the raid, in which nine activists died.
Ehud Barak discusses Mideast affairs
Ryan Torok
October 21, 2015
At a time when Israel is engulfed in terror, millions of Syrians are living as refugees and the Islamic State is a source of havoc in the region, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said he has deep uncertainties about the future of the Middle East.
Calendar: October 16-22
Amanda Epstein
October 14, 2015
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will kick off the Distinguished Speaker Series of Southern California.
Ehud Barak’s biographer leaked interview tapes about Iran strikes
Jewish Journal
August 24, 2015
A biographer of Ehud Barak said he leaked videotapes of the former Israeli prime minister talking about possible Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities following a dispute over the book’s English-language rights.
Israel was set to strike Iran in 2012, but joint drill with U.S. interfered
Jewish Journal
August 24, 2015
Israel was reportedly set to bomb Iran nuclear facilities in 2012, but aborted the operation because it coincided with a joint military exercise with the United States.
Netanyahu pressed for Iran attacks, but was denied, ex-defense chief says
Jewish Journal
August 23, 2015
Israel\’s political leaders pushed to attack Iran at least three times in the past few years but had to back down on the advice of the military and due to concerns about its ally the United States, former defense minister Ehud Barak said.
Ehud Barak and Netanyahu pushed to bomb Iran in ’10 and ’11
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Ehud Barak both wanted to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities in 2010 and 2011, but other leaders blocked the move, Barak said.
Kerry stands by record, wishes for ‘apartheid’ rewind
Jewish Journal
April 29, 2014
Secretary of State John Kerry defended his Israel record, but also agreed that his use of the word “apartheid” to describe the dangers of a failed peace process was not appropriate in a U.S. context.
The Middle East: Where upheaval reigns
Shmuel Rosner
June 12, 2013
In December 1973, shortly after the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War, Israel’s director of central intelligence submitted a report about the performance of the intelligence community before the war. The report acknowledged an “intelligence failure.”
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