Ehud Barak
Former Israeli prime minister Barak says Israel has nuclear weapons
Jerusalem has long maintained a policy of “nuclear ambiguity.”
Persistent protests, boycotts and civil disobedience by 3.5% of the population win out, the former prime minister said.
The former Israeli prime minister posted an image of President Isaac Herzog’s head superimposed on the body of former British leader Neville Chamberlain, who signed the Munich Agreement with Adolf Hitler.
Ayman Odeh rejects an apology made by Ehud Barak for the events of October 2000, saying “we learned the hard way that there are more important things than the politics of ‘anyone but Bibi.’ ”
The deadline for political parties to submit their official lists came and went. While the two largest ones from the previous election—Likud, and Blue and White—largely remain the same, several mergers of smaller parties could factor into the Sept. 17 elections.
The new mega-party of former premier Ehud Barak, Meretz and Labor Party defectors look to “set Israel back on correct path.”
The parties are to share votes in Sept. 17 election • Former Meretz leader Zandberg calls the agreement “a dramatic step to strengthen the left.”
Former Labor MK Eitan Cabel: “It’s a party where the decisions are made by one man” • Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein: “Ehud, democracy begins with democratic procedure within the party.”
Barak, the most decorated soldier in Israel Defense Forces history, served as IDF chief of staff from 1991 to 1995, and then as prime minister from 1999 to 2001, defeating a young Netanyahu after his first term as prime minister.
Likud Knesset member Miki Zohar said Barak’s return to politics was “good for the right, but very bad for the left, and has disastrous potential for the State of Israel.”
“These are dark days the likes of which we have never known,” he said at a press conference announcing his decision.
All eyes are on former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and Tiberias Mayor Ron Kobi, though many developments will likely pop up between now and the Aug 2. deadline to submit party lists for the Sept. 17 elections.
