People
BARAK, Ehud -- former Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud Barak was born in 1942 in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon. After a 35-year military career, Ehud Barak made a transition to politics that culminated only four year later with his victory over Likud's Benjamin Netanyahu on 17 May 1999. He kept his position until he lost the elections of February 2001. In the summer of 2000 Israeli officials claimed that he made a "generous offer" during negotiations at Camp David. (Added 14 September 2003)

In May 2000, Barak ordered the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. Infamously, he stated: "If I had been born a Palestinian, I would have joined a terrorist organization and have fought from there."

Barak's "generous offer"
  • Misrepresentation of Barak's offer at Camp David as "generous" and "unprecedented" Nigel Parry (20 March 2002)
  • Debunking 6 common Israeli myths, Ali Abunimah and Hussein Ibish (14 April 2002)
  • 'Before our own eyes', Ali Abunimah (21 June 2002)
  • We are here; They are there, Darren Ell (7 January 2003)
  • Myths and Disasters, Hasan Abu Nimah (7 March 2003)


    Second Intifada
  • September 2000 Clashes Information Center
  • Chronology of the first four months of the Intifada, September2000CIC (October 2000 - February 2001)


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