Press TV- Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak says the current premier Benjamin Netanyahu sparked recent tensions at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a bid to distract public attention from the investigations into the corruption allegations against him. In a video he posted on his Facebook page on Saturday, Barak blasted Netanyahu for his ...

A good cop/bad cop routine by the US and Israel was in fact a strategy to get crippling sanctions against Iran approved by the UN Security Council New evidence has now surfaced from former Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak that Israel came close to attacking Iran three times over the past few years - if you believe what major news media reported ...

Former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak revealed that Israelis wanted to carry out three attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, Austrian Contra Magazin wrote. The army leadership prevented the attacks amid a number of security concerns. Ehud Barak, who is currently working on his memoirs, revealed this state secret in an interview with two journalists,...

ERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's former defense minister, Ehud Barak, says three separate plans on Israel striking Iranian nuclear facilities were blocked in recent years, first by Israel's military chief and later by two ministers. Israel's Channel 2 TV aired a recording of Barak's remarks on Friday. The TV says the former minister tried to prevent the ...

By Kansas City TEL AVIV, ISRAEL --In a development that could lead to a hardening of Israels position on Irans nuclear program, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced Monday that he was resigning from political life, a surprise move that removed a moderate voice from the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Despite his role ...

Haaretz analyst Anshel Pfeffer says that the defense minister, by choosing to discuss information concerning Iran's nuclear program with a U.K. reporter, is trying to keep the Israeli public in the dark. Three weeks ago, Haaretz's Amos Harelbroke the storythat Iran had diverted a large quantity of enriched uranium to civilian scientific research,...

By AFP JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak have "agreed" on fighting the Iranian threat in all its forms and on managing ties with the United States, a joint statement said. The defence minister had reportedly expressed views that conflicted with the prime minister's over the Iran nuclear issue ...

By Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister said Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have more time to decide whether to strike Iran's enrichment facilities. Ehud Barak's assertion that Iran has "essentially delayed their arrival at the red line by ...

By Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister and defense minister ordered the military to go on alert to prepare to attack Iran's nuclear program two years ago, but backed off following opposition from top security officials, an Israeli news show claims in a report to be aired Monday night. A pre-broadcast news release from Channel ...

By France 24 AFP -Talk of a possible military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities dominated the Israeli press on Friday, a day after Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the issue had become more "urgent." "(Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and Barak are determined to attack in Iran in the autumn," trumpeted a front-page headline in top-selling ...

Concerning the difficulties involved in dealing with a nuclear-armed Iran, Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday that thwarting Iran's attempts to acquire a nuclear weapon could be substantially more dangerous than striking on Iran's atom facilities. "I am well aware of the difficulties and complexities involved in stopping Iran ...

'The Guardian' and 'The New York Times' cite British intelligence document indicating that surveillance was conducted against Israeli leaders, other allies. Israel has refused to issue an official reaction to the revelations made public byThe Guardianon Friday regarding American and British surveillance of former prime minister Ehud Olmert and ex-...

A US daily says the Turkish government in 2012 disclosed to Iranian intelligence authorities the identities of up to 10 Iranians working for Israeli spy agency Mossad. Knowledgeable sources describe the Turkish action as a significant loss of intelligence and an effort to slap the Israelis, wrote regularWashington Postcolumnist David Ignatius in a ...

WhetherIranwill rein in its nuclear programme or push ahead with its suspected bid for a weapons capability is likely to become clear by the end of 2013,Israel's Ehud Barak said on Monday. "Iran remains the central challenge this year, and it is possible well see the direction determined by the end of the year," the outgoing defence minister told ...

WASHINGTON -- As he prepares to step away from government, Ehud Barak told a crowd of over 13,000 in Washington on Sunday that Iran remains the most dire of a series of menacing threats facing Israel in the region. On the opening night of AIPAC's annual conference, Barak said he simply didn't believe diplomacy would deter the ayatollahs from their ...

Defense Minister Ehud Barak was set to travel to Washington on Sunday for talks on a variety of issues including the Iranian nuclear threat. Barak was scheduled to meet his new US counterpart, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, on Tuesday. By Jerusalem Post   The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.

U,S, last Aril deployed six F-22 Raptors, its most advanced fighter currently in operational use and the only operational 'stealth' fighter in use aroundthe world, on airbase in UAE. This temporary deployment has apparently become permanent. The United States significantly upgraded its strike capabilities in the Persian Gulf last week when it stationed ...

JERUSALEM Israels departing defense minister, Ehud Barak, said that the Pentagon had prepared sophisticated blueprints for a surgical operation to set backIrans nuclear programshould the United States decide to attack a statement that was a possible indication that Israel might have shelved any plans for a unilateral strike, at least for now. In ...

Outgoing defenseminister says he's confident U.S. has plan for military operation in case diplomatic efforts fail; senior Iranian official says Iran would consider an attack on Syria like on attack on itself. Outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he is confident the U.S. has a plan for a 'surgical operation' against Iran, which would only be used ...

Israeli officials said Thursday that military action against Iran needed to stay on the table, as former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned of a crisis over Tehran's nuclear ambitions in the "very foreseeable future". Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the ...