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Ehud Barak
  • Nickname:
    Ehud Brug
  • Date of Birth:
    February 12, 1942
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aquarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Kibbutz Mishmar Ha-Sharon, Palestine
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    Israeli
  • Education:

    Hebrew University in Jerusalem

    Stanford University ,Palo Alto, California

     

Family

Ehud Barak
  • Spouse:
    Na ava Barak - Divorced

Career

Ehud Barak

Trivia

Ehud Barak
  • Ehud Barak Was a Prime minister of Israel from 1999-2001.
  • Ehud Barak is the chief of staff of the Israeli army from 1991-1995.
  • Ehud Barak is the Israel's Defence minister (1999-2001, 2007-), Foreign minister (1996) and Interior minister from 1995-1996.
  • In 1983, he was appointed Head of the Intelligence Branch at the IDF General Headquarters.
  • In 1986, he was appointed Commander of the IDF Central Command.
  • In 1987, he became Deputy Chief-of-Staff. In 1991, Barak assumed the post of the 14th Chief of the General Staff and was promoted to the rank of Lt. General, the highest grade in the Israeli military.
  • Following the 1994 signing of the Gaza-Jericho agreement with the Palestinian leaders, Barak oversaw the IDF's redeployment in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
  • Ehud Barak played a central role in finalizing the peace treaty with Jordan, signed in 1994, and met with his Syrian counterpart as part of the Syrian-Israeli negotiations.
  • In early 1995, Barak retired from the army. From July to November 1995, he served as Minister of the Interior and, from November 1995 to June 1996, as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  • In 1996, he was elected to the Knesset where he served as a Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. In 1996, Barak was also elected Chairman of the Labor Party.

Quotes

Ehud Barak
  • "We want peace, but not at any price. "
  • "Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability. "
  • "If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations."
  • “I am optimistic but I know that only with true hard work on the details will we be able to win.”
  • “There are no negotiations, ... There are no discussions about renewing negotiations and first of all, we have demanded that first there must be a dramatic change in the violence.”
  • “We have so many other things to do, rather than to be deployed along the border for another generation or two, ... It's time to make a decision. I feel the opportunity is clear also to President Assad.”
  • “There is a golden opportunity with Arafat in power, with Clinton still in power, with this government in Israel that wants to make peace.”
  • “We found in Egypt a listening ear to the complexity of the problem, ... I clarified that we are ready to do what is necessary to achieve an agreement, but we have important interests, and an agreement will only be achieved if the other side demonstrates openness, seriousness and responsibility.”
  • “I suggest to everyone that you look less at gestures and more at action on the ground, ... Everything will be examined according to how it is implemented, both in terms of what the Palestinians do and also as far as our own actions.”
  • “We have achieved our goals at this summit, ... We have a major concentrated effort to put an end of the violence of the last two weeks.”
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Biography

Ehud Barak
Last Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009

Ehud BarakEhud Barak was born in a kibbutz in 1942. In 1959, he joined the Israel Defense Forces. During the Six Day War in 1967, he served as reconnaissance group commander, in the Yom Kippur War in 1973 as tank battalion commander on the southern front in the Sinai. In 1972, Ehud Barak led an elite commando unit which stormed a hijacked Sabena airplane. In 1973, he led a commando unit in Beirut which assassinated three high ranking officials of Al-Fatah which were involved in the massacre of the Israeli Olympic delegation in Munich.

In 1976, he led the legendary storming of the hijacked airplane in Entebbe. The same year, Barak got a a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and, in 1978, a Master of Science in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford University, California. In 1982, Ehud Barak was appointed Head of the IDF Planning Branch, promoted to Major General. During the 1982 "Peace for Galilee" operation, he served as Deputy Commander of the Israeli force in Lebanon.

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