Ehud Barak

"Barak: I'm invited to TurkeyFri, 18 Dec 2009 00:17:04 GMTIsraeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he is invited to visit Turkey for talks with the officials of the country with whom relations have been frosty over the past year."Today I met the Turkish ambassador, who delivered to me an invitation to travel to Turkey," AFP quoted Barak as saying on Thursday."More:Barak: I'm invited to Turkey  

"Barak to visit Turkey next month to help mend relationsBy Barak RavidPresident Shimon Peres is due to meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul today at the Copenhagen climate summit, and Defense Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday he will make an official visit to Turkey next month and meet with Defense Minister Vecdu Gonul. "More:Barak to visit Turkey next month to help mend relations - Haaretz - Israel News  

At least 517 Palestinians have been killed since the conflict began ten days ago, according to the UN. At least a quarter of them are civilians. Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, says the fighting will continue. "Hamas has so far sustained a very ...  

Abbas told the Israeli daily Haaretz that he proposed the six-month freeze to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a pair of a recent telephone conversations. "I suggested to him (Barak) three weeks ago that Israel freeze all construction in the ...  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a statement saying 'We will not agree to a situation in which Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni will be summoned to the defendant's bench'We will not agree that IDF commanders and soldiers ...  

Tzipi Livni was foreign minister during Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas in Gaza a year ago.Two months ago, British lawyers working on behalf of 16 Palestinian clients petitioned a London court to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak while he was on an official visit in London. The court ruled that Barak enjoyed immunity while on official state business.Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel's prime minister on Tuesday...  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has okayed the construction of 25 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Keidar despite international calls to the contrary. During a phone conversation with Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday, Netanyahu instructed Barak to stop preventing the construction of the new units in the West Bank, claiming the units do not fall under the cabinet's decision to halt settlement construction...  

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...  

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...  

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 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 ...  

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  

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 ...  

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 ...  

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 ...