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Ehud Barak announces return to politics, establishment of new party
Moran Azoulay, Yuval Karni
Published: 26.06.19, 18:27
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1. Was a pretty lousy prime minister
David ,   New york   (06.26.19)
2. soon, there will be more parties than voters
(06.26.19)
3. Barak will divide the left & make Likud look great
Chaim ,   Israel   (06.26.19)
Barak would easily make the list as one of the top 5 worst Israeli leaders in history. I look forward to him running to divide the left and making Likud, and every rightist leader, look great. In a just Israel, leftist leaders, like Barak, would be held accountable for thousands of destroyed lives resulting from their fake sick peace processes.
4. Terrible PM
Jake ,   Dallas   (06.26.19)
Netanyahu does have current problems and it may be time for him to go but at least he has many accomplishments as PM. Barak had zero accomplishments and was a disaster. His should not be the face of any credible opposition. And he would give the Haredi everything - just like Netanyahu - to stay in power.
5. ANOTHER CLOWN AFTER MAKING MONEY IS LOOKING FOR POWER.
ex-israeli   (06.26.19)
JUST GO AWAY ENJOY YOUR MONEY AND YOUR MANY PENSION AND YOUR HIGH RISE PH IN TEL AVIV GO AWAY OLD MAN.
6. BARAK IS KNOWN AS A BACK STABBER AND A FLIPPER.NEW PARTY???
EX-ISRAELI   (06.26.19)
7. A DRUG DEALER ( MEDICAL POT) GOING INTO POLITICS AGAIN.
M BARR ,   miami   (06.26.19)
LOUSY RECORD AS A GENERAL, PRIME MINISTER AND A HUMAN BEING.JUST GO AWAY PLEASE GENERALS MAKE BAD POLITICIANS.
8. A MASTER OF ALL TRADES & MASTER OF NOTHING. BULL SHIT ARTIST
EX-ISRAELI   (06.26.19)
HE LIKES TO BE IN THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. ITS HIS SICKNESS. HE IS GOING TO CREATE A WAR OF THE GENERALS. FROM BLUE AND WHITE PARTY AND HIS OWN PARTY. DON'T DO IT. YOUR TIME HAS GONE.YOU LOVE NYC SO STAY THERE.
9. As a joke this would’ve been in poor taste, as reality:
(06.26.19)
absolutely beyond belief!
I will not comment, because it is self explanatory.....
10. An Inflated Ego Is A Terrible Thing
DSM ,   USA   (06.26.19)
11. Oh no! Another ego maniac
Avi L.   (06.26.19)
Let Kahol ve Lavan do its job of taking down Bibi The First, smash Hamas, bring haredim to reason and some order in the House of Israel
12. Don't understand this guy
David   (06.26.19)
I don't understand how Barak isn't ashamed to crawl from under a rock, much less repeat his slogans from 1999 about being Netanyahu's commander. It puzzles mee even more how he's currently managing to draw enough voters who were not previously voting for the left, to score 6 additional mandates. How anyone can forget what an absolute disaster he was for the country, is beyond my comprehension.
13. A thought
David   (06.26.19)
Perhaps Barak, Livni, Lapid, and that other perennial disgrace Olmert-- who believe it or not does not rule out a political comeback-- can find some other country to take them. Maybe the PLO that they have all helped with all their best efforts at various times, with the exception of Lapid who might not be completely sure what it is, might be willing to accept them. They should really inquire. Can this country really tolerate all of their bitterness and dispiriting nonsense?
14. AS A KNESSET MEMBER HE BE MAKING $ 15.000 PER MONTH NOT BAD
EX-ISRAELI   (06.26.19)
HIS SALARY IS 5 TIMES THE WAGE OF A BANK MANAGER AND 6 TIMES OF A TEACHER FOR DOING NOTHING. AT 77 ENJOY TEL AVIV AND YOUR TRIP AS A CONSULTANT FOR MEDICAL POT TO EUROPE AND NYC.YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE THE QUIET LIFE.
15. Ehud, please just go away. Give others a chance to fail.
David ,   Hartford USA   (06.27.19)
16. Oh God: please let me wake up from THIS!!!! Just too much.
(06.27.19)
17. barak, bibi and gantz-israelis open your eyes
james   (06.27.19)
ehud barak is back again. beyond his initial commando exploits, examine what he did as pm and later.bodies were being blowup left right and centre. his response was anemic, damn anemic. to top it off, he offered concessions that would have harmed Israel who would have endless haggles with Palestinians about this or that.

he often said don't test us when he hit near empty fields, he had no deterrent effect on Arab terror., which is why he got hammered in the elections by Sharon.

later as defense minister, he was initially against the syrian hit. and with regard to hezbollah, he hit them rarely in comparison with yaalon and especially lieberman.
finally when he supervised the Marmara raid, he under equipped israeli commandos to the point that some of them were harmed and almost killed.

lastly he said Assad would be gone in months.

so much for barak, he was a lousy and weak pm,. whatever his exploits as a commando, he stunk weakness as pm. and he was a lousy ineffectual defense minister.

bibi who i do not like has a much better record than barak with israel hitting back each and every time. bibi won't go all the way. it is not in his dna. in contrast to barak, he was much better.

now for gantz, a decent man.w hat has he done. he did an anemic job in protective edge. he was too passive in other operations for which some Israelis suffered. so he is not the man even to replace bibi. his judgement is not good.

lapid is a joke, warmed over olmert who knows zilch about security and finance. he is an arrogant ex-journalist who thinks he knows when he knows next to zilch.

bennett, barkat and saar would be worthy candidates to replace bibi. likud should do it before the elections which should be held cause the public is exhausted with bibi and his inability to preempt fires and rockets by all out action. he has never taken all out action which is what will be required in the future.

as for ehud barak, he was a disaster, a bloody disaster.
are you israelis dumb enough to vote for him?? Maybe so because you have a death wish.

israel cannot afford to reduce its borders or share security period period period.
18. what is his message...
Daniel ,   TA - IL   (06.27.19)
except that he obsessively hates Bibi? The only message we got from the left is how bad and despicable Bibi is. They have nothing else to say and nothing else to show for... sounds a bit like ynet.
The twilight of the left
19. PEOPLE SUCH BARAK, GANTZ, LAPID & PRINCES LIVNI ARE DOG POP.
EX-ISRAELI   (06.27.19)
SELF CENTERED AND GRANDSTANDING DID NOTHING FOR ISRAEL. GIVE A CHANCE TO OTHERS.ISRAEL IS GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT NO LEADERSHIP & DIRECTION. BIBI ALSO GO AWAY. YOU ARE NO MR.SECURITY MAN. YOU START WARS AND NEVER FINISH THEM. YOU ARE AN AMERICAN EDUCATED WITH PERFECT ENGLISH BUT NO GUTS. ALSO GENERAL KOHAVI NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT. BIBI'S PUPPET.
20. Another egomaniac creating his own party
Yael Schlichting ,   Berlin   (06.27.19)
This is the biggest problem in Israeli politics. Too many wannabe prime ministers.
Somebody please remember Barak to the 2nd intifada and how insufficiently he dealt with it.
21. IN 2000 HE ORDERED IDF TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH LEBANON
EX-ISRAELI   (06.28.19)
THE ARMY RUN AWAY LIKE CHICKENS LEAVING LEBANON'S SOUTHERN MILITIA ON THEIR OWN. AND BETRAY THEM. MANY WERE KILLED BY THE MUSLIMS IDF LEFT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT AND MUZTAVIM ON ORDERS OF BARAK. THE IDF EVEN DID NOT INFORM THE CHRISTIANS THAT THEY ARE LEAVING. AS A FIELD SOLDIER BARAK WAS OK. BUT A LOUSY MANAGER. HE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME CHIEF OF STAFF. I WAS NEVER IMPRESSED BY HIM. HE WAS A VERY COLD GUY. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS.
22. LITTLE MAN WANTS TO BE BIG MAN.
ex-israeli   (06.28.19)
YOU WONDER WHY SO MANY ISRAELIS LEAVING THE COUNTRY. NO ONE REPRESENT THEM POLITICALLY. ALL LIARS INCLUDING MONEY LOVING BARAK. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH OLD MAN.
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