Ehud Barak

Israelis hold massive memorial rally for late premier Rabin

TEL AVIV, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered at the port city of Tel Aviv on Saturday night for the annual rally to commemorate the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Israeli President...

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Norway: 'Cast Lead' Charges Dropped

Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) Norwegian prosecutors have dropped war crimes charges against several Israeli leaders. The charges were filed in April by a group of Norwegian citizens, using a 2008 law that...

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Eviction Stopped in Homesh

Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) Residents of the northern Samaria community of Homesh managed to prevent a Friday evening eviction shortly before the Sabbath began. Supporters of the fledgling community, which...

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Netanyahu to depart for Washington on Sunday

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will depart for Washington on Sunday together with Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein. Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom will be left in charge...

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MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Marsha B. Cohen WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (IPS) – As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship...

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World › Abbas' decision reflects deep Palestinian despair

Saturday 07th November, 07:07 AM JST JERUSALEM — By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence....

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Israel rejects UN resolution on Goldstone report - Summary

Jerusalem - Israel Friday rejected a UN General Assembly resolution that gives it three months to launch an independent and credible investigation into allegations that it committed war crimes during last winter's Gaza war....

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Weekly Critique of Israeli Press: Counter-Spin in the Holy Land

It was fascinating to follow the media on the day after the revelation of the identity of the suspected murderer of the Oshrenko family. But the strange thing was that the very same media exhibited none of this level-headed...

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Israel Iran-Weapons Seizure: Hizballah Stockpile Growing?

When Israeli naval commandos boarded the Francop, an Antigua-flagged freighter, early Wednesday morning off Cyprus, they had a pretty good idea of what they would find. Sure enough, by the time the vessel was fully inspected...

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Barak Hopes Abbas Speech Won't Hurt Talks

Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Thursday night that he hopes efforts to renew talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) won't be hurt by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's...

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