Israeli
Defense Minister Ehud Barak today announced he was retiring from politics after a half-century
career in the military and government that included two years as prime
minister. Barak’s surprise announcement will shake up Israeli politics just
weeks ahead of general elections. Mr. Barak will stay on as defense minister until
a new government is formed following the January 22 elections.
“I didn’t make this decision without hesitating, but I made it
wholeheartedly,” Barak told reporters in Tel Aviv. “I feel I have exhausted my
political activity, which had never been an object of desire for me. There are
many ways for me to serve the country, not just through politics,” Barak added.
(AP, 26 November).
File photo: Ehud Barak (Weakipedia/AP)
3 comments:
It's a move prompted by the deal Netanyahu made with Lieberman whereby should Netanyahu form the next government, Lieberman gets to choose whether he will take the portfolio of Defense Minister that Barak currently holds.
Barak might not really be retiring.
After the disaster by the Zionist child-killing warmongers in Gaza, it was natural to find a scapegoat, and this loser seems to have filled the bill.
Israel's Barak, architect of failed Iran policy, quitting politics.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, a leading strategist in confronting Iran over its nuclear programme, said in a surprise announcement on Monday that he would quit political life after the January 22 national election.
He apparantly jumped before being pushed after the humiliating Gaza campaign that strengthened both Hamas and Iran.
His departure also highlights the policy paralysis in the Netanyahu government which after years of bluffing and sabre-rattling on Iran has now become unrattled as there are more cards to play as Europe and the US seem set to negotiate a modus-vivendi with a resurgent Iran basking in the glory of its weaponry in the hands of its Gaza Hamas allies.
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