Ehud Barak

The E1 area: The strategic link between Jerusalem and Israel’s eastern border - opinion

The E1 area is vital to Jerusalem’s political future, and its importance is equally decisive for Israel’s ability to maintain a defensible border in the east.

Israeli minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference announcing his plans to approve more than 3,000 housing units in the E1 settlement project between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim, August 14, 2025.
Vice President JD Vance takes the stage during a Turning Point USA event at Akins Ford Arena at the Classic Center on April 14, 2026 in Athens, Georgia.

Vance suggests Epstein had 'connections' to Israeli intelligence, 'deep state' on Rogan's podcast

Barak, Clinton, Arafat at Camp David 311 AP

Twenty-six years after Camp David, Israel needs a new security doctrine - opinion

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

'This is a sign of what's to come:' Ehud Barak warns of Netanyahu's next move


My Word: The fires of perpetual protests

In 1999, Barak beat Netanyahu to become prime minister for a little more than one messy year, and he has never forgiven Bibi for coming back to power, again and again.

 FORMER PRIME minister Ehud Barak participates in a protest against the government’s planned judicial reform in February.

Israel agreed to hand over parts of Jerusalem's Old City to the Palestinians in 2000 - docs

Declassified document reveals Israel's past offer to cede sovereignty in Jerusalem's Old City

The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall, Jerusalem.

Letters to the Editor June 7, 2023: Dystopian image

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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Barak's secret plot pushing the anti-judicial reform protests - opinion

At any rate, Gilead Sher, a key protest leader and a long-time member of Barak’s inner circle, revealed part of the plot in a recent interview.

 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak seen during media interview in Tel Aviv on September 30, 2019

More information on fmr. Israeli PM's meetings with Jeffrey Epstein comes to light

According to Epstein’s calendar, he had arranged for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to meet with Noam Chomsky, a famed critic of Israel. 

Ehud  Barak speaks at panel at the Council for Peace and Security

Jeffrey Epstein’s newly uncovered calendar reveals some interesting names

Noam Chomsky, Ehud Barak, Leon Botstein and a Rothschild are among the Jewish names listed in a newly uncovered calendar for child sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein looks on during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York

Likud files complaint against former PM Barak for incitement

The party filed the complaint after the former PM once again made controversial statements at a conference.

 Ehud Barak speaks at a conference of Haaretz newspaper, Zulat Institute and the New Israel Fund in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2023.

Israel's Ehud Barak compares President Herzog to Nazi appeaser

Barak compared Herzog to Chamberlain, who appeased Hitler before WW2 in response to Herzog's plans for compromise on judicial reforms.

 UK's Neville Chamberlain pictured showing the Anglo-German declaration, known as Peace for our time, in this famous photograph taken 1938

Despite banning NSO, US using other Israeli spyware cofounded by Ehud Barak - report

The DEA is using a spyware called Graphite, developed by the Israeli Paragon company, according to a new report.

 EVEN AFTER THE Cyberserve/Atraf disaster, Bennett is more afraid of overregulation than he is of lacking the power to save the private sector from its own occasional cyber laziness or cheapness.

Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities - opinion

Perhaps voters appreciate that despite Israel’s pervasive security challenges, bravery and proficiency in battle do not in themselves provide the experience for successful national leadership.

 GADI EISENKOT waves at the launch of the National Unity Party election campaign, in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.