Ehud Barak is a politician from Israel who served as the Prime Minister of the country from 1999 to 2001. Barak was the leader of the Israeli Labor Party from 1997 to 2001, before leaving with four other members of the party to create a new party that was centrist, Zionist, and democratic.
Before Barak’s time as a politician, he served in served in the IDF, or Israel Defense Forces, which he joined in 1959. There, he served 35 years, and rose to the highest rank in the Israeli military -- Rav Aluf, and the Chief of General Staff. Barak served in the Yom Kippur War and did many great deeds for his country during his time. He served as a commando in the Sayeret Matkal -- Israel’s field intelligence-gathering unit, and led many operations there, including Operation Isotope in 1972, Operation Spring of Youth in 1973, Operation Entebbe in 1976, and Operation Bayonet (which is believed to have lasted over …show more content…
This put him deeply entwined in Israeli culture and he has pride in the nation because of it. Having served at such high positions politically and in the military (and by being a citizen, of course), Barak was obligated (but willing obligated) to side with Israel.
Barak is pro-peace, as shown by the Camp David Summit in 2000, where he met with United States President Bill Clinton and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to discuss and hopefully end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The agreement being discussed was either all or nothing, leading it to end up without an agreement, leaving the conflict to continue through the nations.
The evidence shown by Barak’s extreme dedication to the nation of Israel in politics and in the military along with his attitude towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as shown at the Camp David Summit in 2000 show that he is pro-Israeli, but also that he is very modest and
Before Barak’s time as a politician, he served in served in the IDF, or Israel Defense Forces, which he joined in 1959. There, he served 35 years, and rose to the highest rank in the Israeli military -- Rav Aluf, and the Chief of General Staff. Barak served in the Yom Kippur War and did many great deeds for his country during his time. He served as a commando in the Sayeret Matkal -- Israel’s field intelligence-gathering unit, and led many operations there, including Operation Isotope in 1972, Operation Spring of Youth in 1973, Operation Entebbe in 1976, and Operation Bayonet (which is believed to have lasted over …show more content…
This put him deeply entwined in Israeli culture and he has pride in the nation because of it. Having served at such high positions politically and in the military (and by being a citizen, of course), Barak was obligated (but willing obligated) to side with Israel.
Barak is pro-peace, as shown by the Camp David Summit in 2000, where he met with United States President Bill Clinton and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to discuss and hopefully end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The agreement being discussed was either all or nothing, leading it to end up without an agreement, leaving the conflict to continue through the nations.
The evidence shown by Barak’s extreme dedication to the nation of Israel in politics and in the military along with his attitude towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as shown at the Camp David Summit in 2000 show that he is pro-Israeli, but also that he is very modest and