Ehud Barak

Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak has found himself in hot water amid revelations that the former premier had hired a Filipina maid without a work permit.Barak and his wife Nili had for several months employed a Filipina cleaner who did not have a work permit and did not undergo the required security checks by the Shin Bet domestic security agency, public radio reported.In a statement, Barak's office said that the woman was "an occasional...  

Ehud Barak has condemned Jews prepared to break the law against building at the same time an illegal foreign worker has been working in his home.  

Team including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Minister Benny Begin convenes for first time Friday to discuss implementation of construction freeze in settlements  

A committee headed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Minister-Without-Portfolio Bennie Begin will examine the implementation of the settlement construction freeze and tend to the needs of citizens hu...  

In meeting with four West Bank council heads, Defense Minister Ehud Barak stresses that 'settlement blocs are inseparable part of Israel in all future negotiations with Palestinians'. Vows council heads can continue to authorize infrastructure construction, small changes  

Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, stated during a Wednesday night meeting with heads of West Bank settlements, that West Bank settlement blocs are an important part of Israel. He added that settlements in the occupied Jordan Valley and the Dead ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak is looking to triple the Defense Ministry's building inspectors. Defense Minister Ehud Barak has put out an emergency call for building inspectors to be hired in order to enforce the government's building freeze in Judea and Samaria. Barak ordered Ministry officials to hire 40 inspectors to ensure that no building takes place in the affected areas. The new inspectors  

As settlers vowed to defy government orders against new construction projects in Judea and Samaria, Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered his staff to triple the number of civil administration inspector...  

A day after the security cabinet announced a 10-month moratorium on housing starts in the settlements, Defense Minister Ehud Barak moved swiftly on Thursday to order the most dramatic crackdown on Jewish West Bank construction in the history of the settlement movement. Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Barak suspended all permits for building projects in the settlements where contractors have not yet broken ground. The order, valid for 10 months...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak justified his decision to participate in the Likud-led government at a Sunday night meeting of Labor party activists.  

JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Defense Minister Ehud Barak has suspended construction permits for West Bank settlements, officials said.  

The heads of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria have refused a request by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to meet with him in his office.  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Lebanon from the participation of Hezbollah in the new government because of Hezbollah’s arsenal. Bark said that Tel Aviv will not accept the fact that an armed militia constitutes part of the government of a UN member country. To that, Israeli Radio and ...  

JERUSALEM, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Tuesday warned Lebanon that it, not Hezbollah, would be the target of retaliatory attacks should the militant group escalate tension along Israel's northern border. Barak made the ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday warned Lebanon that it, not Hezbollah, would be the target of retaliatory attacks should the militant group escalate tension along Israel's northern border. "Lebanon grants Hezbollah permission to operate on its ...  

(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak signed permits Thursday for 28 educational institutions and public buildings. The educational structures are intended for the school year which begins in September (2010/2011, or 5771 by the Hebrew calendar). Barak said: “We are all obligated to carry out an open dialogue with the settler leaders, and to listen to them. This is a very serious and responsible group that exhibited a large degree of self...  

JERUSALEM, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ahead of the debate on a U.N. report accusing Israel of war crimes, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned European leaders against adopting it.  

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, opposition leader Tzipi Livni among 10 Israelis named in complaint filed by group of Norwegian lawyers  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday evening vowed to crack down on Israel Defense Forces soldiers who refuse orders, saying he would aim to do so without cutting government funding to yeshivas."I...  

LONDON (AP) — Palestinian rights groups have asked a British court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak, who is in the country to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other officials.  

Israel should renew peace negotiations with Syria, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said at Sunday's cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. A peace accord with Syria will serve Israel's vital interests such as security arrangements, deterrence, demilitarization ...  

LONDON - Palestinian rights groups have asked a British court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak, who is in the country to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other officials. Tayab Ali, who is representing the ...  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has canceled his two-day visit to Spain. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak cancels his next week Spain visit, rejecting any relation between the decision and a reported row with Madrid over the command of the UN ...  

JERUSALEM, Nov 15, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Israel should renew peace negotiations with Syria, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said at Sunday's cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. A peace accord with Syria will serve Israel's vital interests such as security ...  

The attempt to arrest the Israeli minister in Britain has rekindled a lively debate on diplomatic immunity from international lawThe attempt to obtain an international arrest warrant for deputy Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak is the latest development in what lawyers describe as a rapidly growing area of law – "universal jurisdiction".Under this principle, the most abhorrent crimes – such as genocide, torture and war crimes – can be...  

Now that the Bush administration is no longer there to actively lobby for Israel, the situation for the Jewish state at the hands of the assorted Israel bashers and anti-Semites of the world is growing more and more grave.Currently, the top-of-the-page headline on the home page of the influential left-wing British newspaper The Guardian is “Lawyers seek arrest of Israeli defence minister in UK for alleged war crimes.”Ehud Barak, who is the...  

If you need any, here's proof that Ehud Barak has learned absolutely nothing from his failure at Camp David nine years ago. Defense Minister Ehud Barak has his own peace plan for the State of Israel.Yesterday, in an interview on a Channel 10 program, he said that the government should set up a Palestinian state immediately with temporary borders. Later, within two years, he said the two sides  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that Israel was interested in renewing peace negotiations with Syria, after Syrian President Bashar Assad on Friday questioned Israel's will to restart the talks. "Israel has an interest in returning to ...  

BBC NewsIsraeli minister Ehud Barak faces arrest in UK for alleged war crimesguardian.co.ukEhud Barak, pictured with his wife, Nili Priell-Barak, was in overall charge of Israel's offensive in Gaza. Photograph: Ramin Talaie/EPA British lawyers for several Palestinian families are seeking to obtain an international arrest warrant for the ...US urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peaceReutersIsraeli envoys head to US talksBBC NewsUN...  

The PSC is calling a protest outside the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where the Israeli Defense Minister is due to speak at the Labour Friends of Israel Annual Reception.  

I'm sure you will all be shocked - just shocked - to hear who was behind the effort to arrest Ehud Barak in London last week.NGO Monitor today revealed that the Palestinian NGO Al-Mezan, behind the effort to arrest Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, is funded by a number of European governments. Although the UK authorities rejected the attempt, NGO Monitor notes that Al-Mezan’s role is another  

British lawyers for several Palestinian families are seeking to obtain an international arrest warrant for the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, in a London court over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Barak, who was in overall charge of ...  

On Tuesday night, I reported that a British court had been asked to order the arrest of Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on 'war crimes' charges arising out of Operation Cast Lead this past winter. Later, I updated the post to say that the court had postponed the hearing, but as it turns out, the court threw out the petition altogether. Still, says Phyllis Chesler, that is little comfort to  

A United Kingdom court on Tuesday deferred until further notice an appeal by local pro-Palestinian groups to issue an arrest warrant against visiting Defense Minister Ehud Barak. It is not yet clear whether the issue will be raised for deliberation ...  

Now that the Bush administration is no longer there to actively lobby for Israel, the situation for the Jewish state at the hands of the assorted Israel bashers and anti-Semites of the world is growing more and more grave. Currently, the top-of-the-page headline on the home page of the influential left-wing British newspaper The Guardian is “Lawyers seek arrest of Israeli defence minister in UK for alleged war crimes.”  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak - who cannot be accused of being a Right winger - ripped the Goldstone Commission report in Friday's Wall Street Journal. After enduring eight years of ongoing rocket fire—in which 12,000 missiles were launched against our cities, and after all diplomatic efforts to stop this barrage failed—it was my duty as defense minister to do something about it. It's as simple and  

Voice of AmericaBarak: Obama's leadership contributes to possibility of peaceJerusalem PostBy JPOST.COM STAFF "We are turning every stone in an effort to set peace talks in motion again," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday following a US ...Obama failed to back up tough talk in Middle EastAtlanta Journal ConstitutionNetanyahu Meets ObamaArutz ShevaSettlement construction contradicts negotiationsInstitute for Middle East...  

A group of Palestinian civilians are seeking to obtain an arrest warrant for Ehud Barak the Israeli Defence Minister.  

Associates of Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday said the minister opposes the establishment of a state inquiry into the Gaza war, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was considering launching such a probe. Netanyahu made the ...  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has strongly opposed the investigation of a UN report that accuses Israeli troops of committing war crimes during the recent war on the Gaza Strip. Barak said in a Saturday statement that he fully trusted the ...  

(By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press Writer) Palestinian rights groups have asked a British court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak, who is in the country to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other officials.Tayab Ali, who is representing the Palestinian groups, said papers filed with London's...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak cancelled his scheduled visit to Madrid on Friday as tension grows between Israel and Spain due to a disagreement over the command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). A top ministry official denied ...  

Israeli minister cancels Spain visit amid UNIFIL row Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has canceled a visit to Spain next week amid alleged disagreements between the two nations over the command of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Barak ...  

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday said that the Israeli army was "getting ready for any military confrontation that may erupt with Lebanon," welcoming at the same time "the current state of calm dominating the northern front". During an ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday responded to remarks by Syrian President Bashar Assad, who declared that Syria was ready to resume peace talks with Israel, saying that peace with Syria was a pivotal in the path toward regional peace. "Peace ...  

Tipped off to his visit, the Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza and the Ramallah-based al-Haq put together a case against the defense minister accusing him of committing war crimes while directing the Israeli winter offensive against the Gaza ...  

Jerusalem/Ramallah, Oct 31 (DPA) Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday on the US and Palestinians to “make an effort to start negotiations” and added that an impasse in the dialogue would only benefit Hamas. Ahead of the arrival of US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barak said that a “a dead end in the [...]  

Jerusalem. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak faced the possible breakup of his left-of-center Labor party when a group of lawmakers threatened on Tuesday to break away protesting a lack of movement in peace talks, Reuters informs. Legislator Eitan ...  

A Palestinian bid to have Israeli defence chief Ehud Barak arrested for alleged war crimes during a visit to Britain has failed, a lawyer for the groups involved said Tuesday.  

Peace with Syria is a major building block in any regional peace deal, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said. Barak's statements came late Wednesday in response to comments by Syrian President Bashar Assad earlier in the day saying he would like ...  

Legal Beagles in Britain are doing the very important work of being Hamas's barristers, this time by seeking to have Ehud Barak arrested. Tom Gross at NRO: British lawyers seek arrest of visiting Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak: Now that...  

Palestinian families apply for international arrest warrant for Ehud Barak over military offensive in GazaBritish lawyers for several Palestinian families are seeking to obtain an international arrest warrant for the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, in a London court over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.Barak, who was in overall charge of Israeli's offensive in Gaza earlier this year, is due to speak at a fringe meeting at the Labour...  

JERUSALEM, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak demanded Thursday that Iran stop all enrichment of uranium, saying it would be used to develop nuclear weapons.  

Have Labor Party ministers learned a lesson from the public outrage over the exorbitant expenditures of their party chief, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, at the Paris Air Show in June? Based on data obt...  

JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A group of Palestinian families is seeking an international warrant from a London court to arrest the Israeli defense minister for alleged war crimes in Gaza.  

The 'Palestinians' and their British lawyers are seeking to have Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrested for 'war crimes' while he is in London for a speaking engagement. Currently, the top-of-the-page headline on the home page of the influential left-wing British newspaper The Guardian is “Lawyers seek arrest of Israeli defence minister in UK for alleged war crimes.”Ehud Barak, who is the leader of  

JERUSALEM, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A British court rejected a request by Palestinian families to serve visiting Israeli defense minister with an arrest warrant, Israel television said.  

Barak calls off meeting with Spanish officials amid row over command of UNIFIL forces. MADRID - Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak has cancelled a visit to Spain next week amid alleged disagreements between the two nations over the command of the ...  

Attorney Tayab Ali said a London court rejected his application late Tuesday. Palestinians had hoped to take advantage of Britain's principle of universal jurisdiction , under which alleged war criminals can be tried in domestic U.K. courts, to ...  

Madrid/Tel Aviv/Rome - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has cancelled a visit to Spain in the coming week amid alleged disagreements over the command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The Israeli embassy in Madrid and ...  

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday on the US and Palestinians to 'make an effort to start negotiations' and added that an impasse in the dialogue would only benefit Hamas.  

Following much deliberation and evasion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have devised a plan to resolve pressure on Israel to independently investigate the war crimes allegations made by the Goldstone commission. The ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that Iran must halt enriching uranium, in the most senior Israeli response to an internationally backed draft plan that calls for Tehran to ship its uranium abroad for enrichment. "I repeat that the ...  

The avaricious sortie by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his courtiers to Paris was sponsored by a state in which a third of all children live under the poverty line; Barak himself is supervising the starving of Gaza and its 1.5 million inhabitants ...  

Jerusalem----June 6..... Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Egypt President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm e-Sheikh yesterday. The meeting was described as extremely cordial, warm and productive. The following are Olmert's remarks made at his joint ...  

Madrid - Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak has cancelled a visit to Spain next week amid alleged disagreements between the two nations over the command of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Barak was scheduled to meet Spanish Prime Minister ...  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Tuesday with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. At the beginning of the meeting, Barak welcomed Solana and said that Israel is interested "in moving forward with the peace process with the Palestinians and in ...  

This week the United Nation's Human Rights Council produced a 600-page report alleging that Israel carried out war crimes in Gaza. The Goldstone Report—named for its chief investigator Richard Goldstone—also asserts that Israel's motives for its operation against Hamas nine months ago were purely political. I am outraged by these accusations. Let me explain why.  

Labor chairman Ehud Barak intends to send an olive branch to the four rebellious MKs in his party upon his return from the United States on Wednesday, officials close to him said Monday.  

Have Labor Party ministers learned a lesson from the public outrage over the exorbitant expenditures of their party chief, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, at the Paris Air Show in June? Based on data obtained by Haaretz, it seems the answer may be yes ...  

Ahead of Wednesday's UN Security Council debate set to be used by Palestinian diplomats and representatives of Arab states to press for action on the Goldstone Report, Defense Minister Ehud Barak held a series of phone conversations with world ...  

BY HERB KEINON The Jerusalem Post Israel will not set up an inquiry committee that will question soldiers about the war crimes allegations contained in the Goldstone Commission report, but will rather fight the legitimacy of that report and work to change the laws of war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday. Barak’s comments came [...]  

Is the Netanyahu-Barak team good for Israel? By Mazal Mualem, HAARETZ The first call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made after U.S. President Barack Obama completed his speech in Cairo last June was to his Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, who was in Washington at the time. Calls to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Likud ministers were made only [...]  

Herb Keinon , THE JERUSALEM POSTIsrael will not set up an inquiry committee that will question soldiers about the war crimes allegations contained in the Goldstone Commission report, but will rather fight the legitimacy of that report and work to change the laws of war, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday. Barak's comments came after a meeting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened in his office to weigh the ramifications of the...  

AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday downplayed a spike in tensions with ally Turkey, despite Ankara's decision to call off a joint military exercise.  

Ha’aretz Israel hails shift in US missile tacticsPRESS TVSpeaking in the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak lauded US President Barack Obama for Washington\’;s move to deploy …Comptroller slams Barak\’;s NIS 1m Paris hotel expensesHa’aretzIsrael\’;s Barak hails shift on US missile shield planWashingtonTVBarak in Auschwitz: Strong Israel is both comfort, revengeYnetnewsAFP -Jerusalem [...]  

Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ehud Barak meet in hopes of solving dispute over proposed lateral government budget cuts, as Labor ministers threaten to vote against  

Israel – Defense Minister Ehud Barak called on soldiers taking part in the military conversion course “not to abstain” from women’s singing, even if the rabbis teaching them demand that they do so. According to Barak, “Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, in one of his rulings, allowed men to continue listening to a transistor, even if Ninet or [...]  

Defense Minister Ehud Barak met yesterday with Noam Shalit, father of captive soldier Gilad Shalit, after Hamas said it was sending over a videotape of Gilad. Barak told the elder Shalit that his top ...  

After a tense day that included intensive consultations between the foreign ministries in Jerusalem and London, a British court on Tuesday rejected a petition urging an arrest warrant for Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed ...  

Israeli Minister Barak Escapes Arrest in England. Palestinian groups filed legal papers with Westminster Magistrates court accusing Defense Minister Ehud Barak of “violating the Geneva Conventions.” ...  

Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama focused on the single subject of Iran when they met in Washington Monday, Nov. 9 - as did Netanyahu and French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 11. Iran also occupied the meeting between defense minster Ehud Barak and US defense secretary Robert Gates Monday. DEBKAfile's Washington sources disclose that briefings to the media and joint communiqués were disallowed...  

Jerusalem/London, Sep.30 (ANI): A British court has rejected a petition urging an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed "war crimes" during the IDF offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The ...  

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has urged David Miliband not to accept the UN’s Goldstone report into Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, which found Israel guilty of war crimes.  

"Israel's Barak downplays Turkey spat(AFP) – 1 hour agoWARSAW — Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday downplayed a spike in tensions with ally Turkey, despite Ankara's decision to call off a joint military exercise.'I think that basically there are ups and downs for all different reasons in relations. But our relationship with Turkey is long-standing, important and strategic in nature,' Barak said during a visit to Poland."More:AFP...  

"Barak: Drill with Turkish air force not canceled, just postponedDefense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that the drill planned to take place this week involving the Israeli and Turkish air forces was not canceled but only postponed, Israel Radio reported Tuesday afternoon. "More:Barak: Drill with Turkish air force not canceled, just postponed | Headlines News | Jerusalem Post  

Here's another indication that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu understands that the offers made to the 'Palestinians' by Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert were suicidal and cannot be repeated. The new settlement of Maskiot and the expansion of farmland are just two tangible signs of tension over the area. When Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad issued a two-year development plan, he said he  

Jerusalem/London, Sep.30 (ANI): A British court has rejected a petition urging an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed “war crimes” during the IDF offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year. The rejection came after a tense day that included intensive consultations between the foreign ministries [...]  

Israeli government has praised the US for its move to develop an alternative maritime missile shield project in order to 'deal' with Iran. Speaking in the Polish capital of Warsaw on Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak lauded US President Barack Obama for Washington's move to deploy sea-borne missiles in an attempt to curb the so-called threats from Iran. Barak expressed satisfaction with Obama's new naval missile interceptors and...  

Following up my earlier item, Westminster Magistrates court in central London on Tuesday evening rejected a petition to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed “war crimes” by defending Israel from Hamas attack. The British government intervened on Barak's behalf, submitting legal briefs to the court, and thus avoiding what would have been the most serious clash between Britain and...  

AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak branded as "absurd" a bid to have him arrested as he attended the governing Labour party's annual conference in Britain.  

In face of Israel’s restored deterrent power, Hamas turns to sophisticated PRMoshe EladYNET NewsPart 1 of analysis Two Baraks were making headlines around here last week: First, former Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak, whose name was mentioned as a possible candidate to head a commission that would look into the IDF’s conduct in Operation Cast Lead; second, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who was not scared by the arrest threats of Islamo...  

Israel received an uncomfortable reminder of international anger over the Gaza war today when lawyers representing 16 Palestinians asked a London court to issue an arrest warrant for its defence minister, Ehud Barak, who is visiting Britain.After a day of delays and legal wrangling the bid failed on the grounds that Barak enjoyed diplomatic immunity from prosecution. But the episode triggered a brief storm that is likely to give Israeli...  

In a letter to Ruth Bar, assistant to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Hamoked-Center for the Defense of the Individual; Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Gisha, the Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, wrote, "We ask you to take action so that by ...  

DM Ehud Barak fought with Labor MKs on Monday over his insistence that Israel will not force soldiers to testify regarding Goldstone claims.  

Westminster Magistrates court in central London postponed on Tuesday evening a hearing over whether to issue an arrest warrant for Defense Minister Ehud Barak on the grounds that he committed "war crimes" due his part in IDF Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, last January. In the first case of its kind since the publication of the Goldstone Report, a group of Palestinians had appealed to the court seeking Barak's arrest. Despite the...  

Four MKs - Ehud Barak, Avigdor Lieberman, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Said Naffaa - exceed truancy limits . Most common reason for absence: Overseas travels  

Emmanuel Navon www.navon.com Speaking on BBC's Hard Talk program last week, Ehud Olmert revealed the deal he had offered the Palestinians while he was Prime Minister: 100% of the West Bank (more precisely: 93 to 94% of the West Bank plus territories made up of pre-1967 Israel), the return of more than a thousand Palestinian refugees to Israel, and the internationalization of Jerusalem. Ehud Olmert, in other words, went beyond what Ehud Barak...  

New York Daily NewsProtestors seek arrest of Israeli minister in BritainAFPBRIGHTON — Pro-Palestinian activists sought Tuesday to have Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak arrested in Britain, they said, as they staged a protest against his visit here. Barak was due to attend a fringe meeting at the governing Labour Party's ...Israeli envoys to US for talks on peacemakingThe Associated PressUN Investigator Presents Report on Gaza WarNew York...  

BBC NewsUS urges Israel to probe Gaza crimes to boost peaceReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - The United States called on its close ally Israel on Tuesday to conduct credible investigations into allegations of war crimes committed by its forces in Gaza, saying it would help the Middle East peace process. ...Israeli envoys head to US talksBBC NewsIsraeli minister Ehud Barak faces arrest in UK for alleged war crimesguardian.co.ukIsrael condemns UN report...  

Palestinians seek Barak's arrest A group of Palestinian families is attempting to have Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, prosecuted in Britain for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip, lawyers have told Al Jazeera. A lawyer working for the ...  

Ehud Barak was ruled to be on official business and therefore was entitled to diplomatic immunity.  

LONDON (AP) — A Palestinian bid to have Israeli defense chief Ehud Barak arrested for alleged war crimes during a visit to Britain has failed, a lawyer for the groups involved said Tuesday.  

A legal attempt in Britain by a group of Palestinians to have Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, arrested for alleged war crimes has failed.  

SARID IS SITTING SHIVA ALREADY By Yossi Sarid, HAARETZ Mahmoud Abbas might as well be considered a dead man; Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak have killed him. Following a brief and angry meeting, they left a cyanide pill for him on the table and exited the room. He still managed to make two or three trans-Atlantic telephone [...]  

The first call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made after U.S. President Barack Obama completed his speech in Cairo last June was to his Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, who was in Washington at the time. Calls to Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman ...  

British lawyers for 16 Palestinians are seeking to obtain an international arrest warrant for the Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, in a London court over alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. Barak, who was in overall charge of Israeli's offensive in Gaza earlier this year, is due to speak at a meeting at the Labour party conference in Brighton today. Barak is also due to meet Gordon Brown and David Miliband, the foreign secretary, for...  

For the second time in three days, US Middle East envoy George Mitchell met on Sunday with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, even as Israeli diplomatic officials played down on Saturday night any prospect ...