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But he warns that if Tehran gets a bomb, 'others will follow' On a day in which Iran was found to be in defiance of a U.N. Security Council demand to stop enriching uranium, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak said he remains unafraid of his nation's rogue regional neighbor. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has famously called for the destruction of the Jewish state. That task would be made considerably easier if anti-Zionists were in possession of a nuclear bomb, which the Bush administration and others have claimed is Iran's intention. But Barak, speaking to a crowd of hundreds at...

Weekend Talk Show Preview - Analysis for August 12th and 13th, 2006On the shows this weekend I'm most interested by Vali Nasr, on CNN, and Ken Mehlman, on Meet The Press.  I think we'll learn more about the events in the Middle East from Nasr and more about the coming campaign from Mehlman than all of the other guests, combined.  Nasr is an expert, from Iran, on the issues of conflict between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.  I actually view this as our best hope of winning the coming world war.  Just as Communists and Nazis joined forces to start World...

The hegemony over the Hebrew press in Israel by the Far Left has always been a threat to Israeli democracy. The Left utilizes its near-monopoly over the Hebrew press to promote its extremist and defeatist agenda in a naked manner. The Oslo debacle would never have occurred without Israel's Far Left exercising near-totalitarian hegemony over the Hebrew press and electronic media. But now there is a clear and present danger that Israel's Leftist-controlled Hebrew press may simply "steal" the election away from Ariel Sharon and grant it to Amram Mitzna. It was of course expected that the press would conscript...

On Dec. 5, 2001, ImClone Systems, a biotech company that was seeking Food and Drug Administration approval for a promising anti-cancer drug called Erbitux, saw its stock peak at a price of $74 a share and begin an earthward trajectory. On the evening of Dec. 6, ImClone’s chief executive, Sam Waksal, 54, threw his annual Christmas party at the 5,000-square-foot Thompson Street loft that he calls home. Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman was in attendance, as well as former New York Times executive editor Abe Rosenthal and art dealer Larry Gagosian. Film producer Keith Barish put in a brief appearance,...

A new political map Separate existence of Labor and Likud does not represent new consensus Ehud Barak Photo: AP Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: Alex Kolomoisky Institutions last long after they have stopped being relevant. Some come crashing down suddenly, while others die a slow death. The Labor Party is an example of an institution dying a slow death. It is true some political parties replace their old platform with a newer one, draw younger supporters and offer updated leadership, but there is no sign of this occurring in Labor, which is led by an 81-year-old man, while his apparent successors are...

Feb. 7, 2005 12:38 | Updated Feb. 7, 2005 18:40 Elyashiv, Barak support referendum By GIL HOFFMAN, NINA GILBERT, YAAKOV KATZ Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv Photo: Hatzolah Jerusalem Degel Hatorah's preeminent halachic authority Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv said Monday that he would support the Disengagement Implementation Bill if it includes a national referendum. Elyashiv's statement comes a day after the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee spent a day heatedly debating making the bill contingent upon the results of a national referendum, as long it goes hand in hand with a new basic law limiting such a referendum to relinquishing...

Peres, Barak compromise on June 29 election By GIL HOFFMAN Labor chairman Shimon Peres and former prime minister Ehud Barak tentatively compromised on a June 29 date for the next Labor leadership race on Thursday, following shuttle diplomacy by Labor faction chair Dalia Itzik. The compromise ended a bitter, week-long confrontation between Peres and Barak that culminated with the intervention of Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz and Police Insp. Gen. Moshe Karadi. But Peres said the compromise was contingent on the agreement of the rest of Labor's top brass ahead of Sunday's key Labor central committee meeting. "I will accept any compromise...

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak told Israel Television Sunday that the Labor party should have taken much firmer centralist stands, by now, for example, that Arafat is not a partner for negotiations. "We should have stated emphatically that we will support Sharon in positive steps, but not join his government unless he goes ahead with his plans," he said. Barak said he had hoped Sharon realized by now that leaders must sometimes make difficult decisions, but was afraid the PM was ending this battle weaker than before. However, he said, the fight was not yet over. "A prime minister must...

Barak Says With Arafat Alive, there will be no Peace 19:50 Oct 13, '03 / 17 Tishrei 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Former Prime Minister (Labor) Ehud Barak told Channel 2 TV News earlier today that as long as Yasser Arafat is alive and in charge, there will never be a peace agreement worth the paper it is signed on. Barak added that while he disagrees with many key governmental policies, there is no justification for former cabinet ministers and members of Knesset to engage in behind-the-scene negotiations and the signing of any documents. He stated emphatically that the actions of Yossi Beilin...

Oct. 9, 2003 Barak deplores leftists' 'Swiss Agreement' By TOVAH LAZAROFF AND GIL HOFFMAN Former Labor prime minister Ehud Barak has harshly criticized the "Swiss Agreement", an alternate peace agreement with the Palestinians penned by Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo. He called it "irresponsible and damaging to the State of Israel," Y-Net reported. He said that if the Labor Party wants to be taken seriously, it cannot be a party to such initiatives that "confuse both the public and our friends alike." A group of left-wing and Labor politicians left for Jordan on Thursday evening to sign the agreement....

<p>JERUSALEM (AP) --  A bomb made out of a fire hydrant was found Wednesday two houses away from a home owned by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, police said.</p> <p>Israeli radio reported that Barak was not in the country and that his home, in the Tel Aviv suburb of Cochav Yair, was empty. He recently moved to another affluent Tel Aviv suburb, Kfar Shmaryahu.</p>

Donahue is simply pathetic. He again looks forward to the next conversation with the Israeli side..