Ehud Barak

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday accused Iran and Hezbollah of carrying out Monday's terror attacks in India and Georgia saying they were "intent on sabotaging the Israeli way of life and operating against Israelis all over the world." Speaking ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak was in Singapore on Monday to attend the annual air show and in a bid to help Israeli defense companies secure contracts. Israel is competing for a number of tenders in Singapore including ones for anti-submarine warfare systems ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak celebrated his 70th birthday, Thursday, at the ministry's headquarters in Tel Aviv. Joining the head of the Atzma'ut party for the modest celebration were Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other ministers, Chief of Staff ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Friday praised all those that took part in the successful Arrow missile defense system test Friday morning. At 11 a.m., an F-15 Israel Air Force (IAF) fighter jet launched a Blue Sparrow, a missile developed by Raphael to ...  

JERUSALEM, Feb 09, 2012 (AFP) - Sophisticated weapons could be transferred from Syria to militant group Hezbollah and to Lebanon if the regime of Bashar al-Assad falls, Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned on Thursday. "You have to be alert ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday approved the construction of a community village in Gush Etzion. The new village will be built in Gvaot, a neighborhood of Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. The approval comes after months of talks between Barak and Acting ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Thursday that sophisticated weapons could be transferred from Syria to Lebanon and to the Hizbullah terror organization, should Bashar al-Assad fall. “You have to be alert to the possibility, so that during the fall of ...  

Government at work (Photo: AFP) Netanyahu sought the premiership bid again, this time running against Labor's Ehud Barak. Faced with Barak's landslide victory, Netanyahu announced he was stepping down as Likud chairman and leaving politics all together.  

Herzliya, Israel – Israel’s defense minister says there is growing international awareness that military action against Iran’s nuclear program will have to be considered. Ehud Barak told a security conference on Thursday that he senses a change in international thinking. He says world leaders are increasingly realizing that if sanctions don’t stop Iran’s nuclear program, [...]  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak may have signaled the prospect of an Israeli attack soon when he asked last month to postpone a planned U.S.-Israel military exercise that would culminate in a live-fire phase in May. Barak apologized that ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak made a special point Thursday of praising Germany's stance on Iran as he headed into talks in Tel Aviv with German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle. Barak prefaced his comments with a referral to the “special relationship ...  

"Whoever says 'later' may find that later is too late," said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the security forum. Barak said "no options should be taken off the table. … Action must also be considered." But on Friday, officials at the ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak delivered a forceful message Thursday regarding the urgency of stopping Iran's nuclear weapons program, hinting that a military strike on Iran could be imminent. "He who says 'later,' may find that it is 'too late,'" Barak said ...  

“The family of [Bashar] Assad deserves to be toppled down by its own people,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak said last week. Barak spent the weekend in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum, where he was interviewed by several international TV station  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday the moment is approaching when any military intervention to halt Iran's nuclear program will come too late; a strong indication that the Jewish state is closer than ever to authorizing action. But the veteran politician also publicly acknowledged the extent of debate and disagreement within Israel's political and military echelons over the merits of a military strike. He told an...