--- title: Ehud Barak | TIME description: Ehud Barak is the former Prime Minister of Israel. canonical: https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ehud Barak ## Ehud Barak Ehud Barak is the former Prime Minister of Israel. ## Ehud Barak *  Oct 10, 2025 ### [Ehud Barak: This Is Trump’s Achievement](https://time.com/7325136/gaza-peace-deal-ehud-barak-trump-israel-netanyahu/) Trump’s Gaza plan could reshape Israel-Hamas relations, restore hostages, and redefine regional dyna... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 2, 2025 ### [Ehud Barak: Israel Must Back Trump's Gaza Deal](https://time.com/7290294/ehud-barak-trump-ceasefire-plan-way-forward-for-israel/) "Why is Netanyahu, an intelligent, experienced, savvy politician, failing? The answer isn't simple,"... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 25, 2022 ### [Ehud Barak: Iran Can Transform Itself into a Nuclear Power—And It's Too Late to Stop It By Surgical Attack](https://time.com/6199552/iran-nuclear-power-ehud-barak/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 2, 2015 ### [Former Israeli Prime Minister: Iran Has Escaped a Noose](https://time.com/3770021/iran-nuclear-deal-ehud-barak/) There is a perception across the Middle East that America is weakened [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/","name":"Ehud Barak"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/"},"name":"Ehud Barak","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ehud Barak is the former Prime Minister of Israel.","url":"https://time.com/author/ehud-barak/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```