Ehud Barak

Far-right activist Mordechai David barred from approaching Standing Together leader Alon-Lee Green

The decision adds Green to a growing list of journalists, public figures, and left-wing or anti-government activists who have publicly accused David of intimidation tactics. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Right-wing activist Mordechai David arrives for questioning at a police station in Tel Aviv, in central Israel, on February 1, 2026.
A BANNER with an image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on a roundabout, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Baalbek, Lebanon, March 23, 2026.

Israel, US cannot miss the chance to disarm Hezbollah - opinion

With Hezbollah weakened, Israel’s challenge is ensuring that the Lebanese state can enforce disarmament before 2026.

|ByYOSSI HURST
PROF. RONNIE LIDOR (left) and Ambassador of North Macedonia Shpend Sadiku (third from left) with faculty members of Levinsky-Wingate Center.

Grapevine: 'Guilty' by association

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Illustrative image of Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

'I regret meeting him': Former PM Ehud Barak responds to Epstein Files recording in N12 interview

Barak had told Epstein that Israel could “easily absorb another million” immigrants from Russian-speaking countries, and that many would apply and adapt under “social pressure."

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Grapevine September 17: Nasi jubilee

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An Israeli flag is spread out on top of the president's residence for Independence Day

US Afghanistan withdrawal echoes IDF in Lebanon - analysis

Trump may have planned the withdrawal, but Biden implemented it, and how it was implemented was a disaster for which he bears responsibility.

AUGUST 17, 2021ByHERB KEINON
A US soldier in Afghanistan (L) and IDF troops withdrawing from Lebanon.

Bennett to Netanyahu: Leave Balfour residence within two weeks - report

The process is expected to last a few weeks, though N12 has reported that the legal adviser for the PMO has not yet set an official date for the transfer.

JUNE 19, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
A fake moving truck titled "Crime Minister Movers" on Balfour comes to "Take Bibi home"

The suicide of the Center-Left?

Lapid has remained steady at 14 seats instead of rising. Huldai has gone down and not up. And Gantz has not left politics, making it harder for parties that dislike him to unite.

JANUARY 17, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Before the split: (From left) Blue and White leaders Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Moshe Ya’alon thank supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv after the elections on September 18, 2019

Merav Michaeli: I can beat Ehud Barak

Merav Michaeli could be the only woman heading a party in the March race.

JANUARY 16, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Merav Michaeli.

MK Yair Golan leaves Barak for Meretz

Yair Lapid: Center-Left must unite to beat Netanyahu.

DECEMBER 7, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Yair Golan (L) is seen at the Meretz faction meeting announcing he is formally joining the party.

Finally, Pollard is free - opinion

Jonathan is free now. His burdens with his wife’s illness are great. He has much to make up for. I hope he will do that in Israel.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020ByYISRAEL MEDAD
JONATHAN POLLARD and his wife, Esther, exit Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City, in 2017.

Ramallah lynching victim's brother: Israel's gov'ts have let us down

"[Former prime minister] Ehud Barak promised us personally that we will be well looked after, but all we received was a slap in the face."

OCTOBER 21, 2020ByALEX WINSTON
The coffin of Vadim Norzhich, draped in an Israeli flag, is lowered to his grave in Or Akiva ,October 13, 2000

Netanyahu's tweet is not just a tweet, it’s desperation - analysis

Sadly, what Israel’s prime minister is trying to do is drive a wedge between the protesters – angry with his policies, alleged corruption and divisive politics – and the rest of Israel.

JULY 19, 2020ByYAAKOV KATZ
Demonstrators protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside Prime Minister official residence in Jerusalem on July 18, 2020.

Dershowitz: I don't believe Virginia Giuffre's claims on Ehud Barak

Dershowitz and Barak are allegedly among the men, to whom Giuffre was trafficked.

JULY 18, 2020ByLEON SVERDLOV
Alan Dershowitz arrives at Manhattan Federal Court in September