Ehud Barak

Ex-Israeli minister sued over flotilla raid that killed Turkish-American

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is being sued in the United States over his nation's deadly raid of an aid flotilla that tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in 2010.

The Turkish parents of 19-year-old Furkan Do?an, who was among 10 killed in the raid, sued Barak in federal court in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, claiming unlawful death and torture. 

What will Turkey and the US do after the fall of Mosul?

Last week I was in Israel to attend the Herzliya Conference, a high level international security conference taking place annually in Tel Aviv. On the sidelines of the conference I had a conversation with Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Israel. Since we met right after the Mosul assault, Iraq has been the center of gravity of our conversation.