Was Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s recent suggestion that Israel take “unilateral action” to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a hint at a policy under discussion or just an off-the-cuff remark? And how will the response of others —...
WASHINGTON — Has Israel’s game of chicken with Iran jumped the shark? Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in recent months have been more explicit than ever about the likelihood of an Israeli strike on Iran to...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Mossad prevented an assassination attempt on Defense Minister Ehud Barak, a Kuwaiti newspaper is reporting. The Mossad, in cooperation with local authorities in Singapore, prevented an attempt on Barak's life during a visit this...
Ehud Barak called for intensified sanctions on Iran at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Barak, Israel's defense minister and deputy prime minister, said Friday that a stable world order would be impossible if Iran achieves a nuclear weapons capability....
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli attack on Iran is "very far off," Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said. "We haven’t made any decision to do this. The entire thing is very far off," Barak said during an interview Wednesday with Israel's Army Radio after...
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak pledged to ramp up defense cooperation with Greece at a meeting with his Greek counterpart in Athens. Barak and Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday discussed defense cooperation for 2012, including...
