On April 1, 1991, Ehud Barak (born 1942) was elevated to the rank of lieutenant general, becoming Israel's 14th chief of staff, and, at the age of 49, also the youngest in the history of the Israel De...
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Jerusalem (dpa) - The Israeli navy commander, Admiral David Ben
Ba'ashat, resigned late Thursday, the latest in a string of top
officials to step down over last summer's inc...
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced his political comeback on Sunday, saying he will run for the leadership of the Labor Party in a first step toward a possible bid at regaining the country'...
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Jerusalem (dpa) - In an apparent attempt to settle some rumours of
a possible war in the summer, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said
Wednesday that Israel has no intenti...
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Tel Aviv (dpa) - Israel's Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi awarded 35
soldiers medals and citations for their service during the war last
year with the Shiite militant movement...
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Tel Aviv (dpa) - Israel will in the coming days start implementing
its threat to cut electricity to the Gaza Strip in response to
ongoing, almost daily rocket-fire from...
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JERUSALEM, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A senior aide to Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel's plan to cut power
supplies to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip shortly before Abbas was to
meet Israel...
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JERUSALEM, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi
Livni flew to China on Sunday to lobby for tougher international
sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme, officials said. China agr...
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Ramallah (dpa) - A new force of some 350 Palestinian policemen
deployed in Nablus Friday, officials at the northern West Bank city's
governorate said.
The off...
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Ehud Barak
Israeli navy commander resigns over Lebanon war
