Ehud Barak

See also: Barak (homonymy)

Ehud Barak (in Hebrew: אהודברק), born the February 12th 1942 with the Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon, is an Israeli politician . He was, of 1999 with 2001, the tenth Prime Minister for the State of Israel.

Candidate with the direction of the Workers party, it arrives at the head at the time of the first turn, the May 28th 2007, in front of Ami Ayalon, former chief of the Shin Beth (Israeli secret services) and, in third position, the outgoing leader of the party, Amir Peretz, Minister for Defense. The second turn opposes, the June 12th, Ehud Barak and Ami Ayalon and results in the victory of Ehud Barak. After the resignation of Amir Peretz of its functions of Minister for Defense in the coalition government directed by Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak itself is named 4th Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, the June 15th 2007 and invested 19.

Biography

Wire of Israel Brog and Esther Godin, immigrants respectively of Lithuania and Poland, the young officer Ehud Brog changed name to answer the institutional policy of israelisation (or tsabarisation ) patronymic places from there in the years 1960 (Barak means Eclair in Hebrew). Having preceded the call to 17 years and half, it began its military career in 1959, to finish it with the summit rank of Rav Alouf (what, in fact, would correspond to General in a vague way is sometimes returned by Lieutenant General ; however, the Israeli army including/understanding less ranks and names that the majority of its counterparts Western, this loan with the Anglo-Saxon military terminology recover only part of reality) on January 1st, 1995 as a 14th Chief-State Major (RamatKal - רמטכ " ל -) of Tsahal.

After an attempt fallen through at the Flying school of the Air force, it joined the infantry for quickly becoming officer there. He was in particular commander of a group of recognition during the Guerre the six day old in 1967, and chief of a battalion armor-plated in the the Sinai during the Guerre of Kippour. Later, in 1982, it will be named in the capacity as chief of the major general Office of planning and will be promoted. Then, during the Operation Peace as a Galileo , it will be promoted assistant commander of the Israeli forces to the Lebanon.

Its feats of arms are considered and the character profits on this subject from a very important credit within the population and from the Israeli army. In this respect, it could be quoted the release of a plane of the Belgian company SABENA diverted on the airport of Lod in 1972, or the Raid of Entebbe of which it was one of the planners.

As many missions of action and command which enabled him to be honoured with the medal of the highly skilled Service and four other quotations for bravery and operational excellence.

Parallel to its military career, Ehud Barak continued civil studies. He is laid off in Physics and Mathematics of the Hebraic Université of Jerusalem (1976). In addition, he is holder of a control in economic System of engineering of the Université of Stanford, California (1978).

At the conclusion of its military career, he embraces a political course fulgurating within the Workers party. Minister of Interior Department in 1995, of the Foreign affairs of 1995 to 1996, it joined the Knesset in 1996, and takes the head of the workers party.

Ehud Barak is elected Prime Minister for the State of Israel the May 17th 1999, with the detriment of Benjamin Netanyahou, at the time of the Israeli General elections of 1999. It will be due to its station until the anticipated elections of March 7th, 2001, which mark the accession with the capacity of Ariel Sharon.

Striking facts

During its relatively short mandate, Ehud Barak followed a sometimes aggressive policy, sometimes wait and see, whose striking facts are the following:

  • Formation of a coalition with the religious party Shass of Rav Ovadia Yossef,
  • Rupture with the party Meretz,
  • Withdrawal of the Southern Lebanon,
  • Peace talks with the Syria,
  • establishment of one legal framework to the exemption of military service for the monks (law Tal),
  • Increase without precedent in the establishment in Jewish colonies in the West Bank,
  • Summit of Camp David II: during the summer 2000, under the impulse of the US president Bill Clinton, Ehud Barak and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is joined together during several days with the residence of summer of the president, without success.
  • Explosion of the the Second Intifada, known as Intifada Al-Aqsa,
  • ultimate the talks of Taba, which sees the Israeli camp making the most daring proposals for a withdrawal ever made, without success also.

Analyzes

Ehud Barak will have, the time of a mandate of less than two years, marked the Israeli political life by three essential political facts, which represent a major turning in the life of the young Israeli State:

  • the withdrawal of the Southern Lebanon, largely discussed its time, made it possible to put an end to a presence which dated from the war of 1982 (Guerre of Lebanon).
  • the explosion of the the Second Intifada, * the failure of the top of Camp David in 2000. During the summer 2000, Yasser Arafat had threatened to proclaim a Palestinian State the September 13rd 2000, date birthday of its historical handshake with Yitzhak Rabin.
  • finally, the talks of the Sommet of Taba fixed the most daring line ever held by the Israeli left.

Functions

Quotation

“The Palestinians resemble crocodiles, plus you give them to eat, more they want some. ” (The Jerusalem Post, August 30th, 2000)

External bonds

  • Israeli Ministry of the Foreign affairs: Ehud Barak

  • Interview on its course given by Ehud Barak to L ''' Academy off Achievement ''

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