Former top minister and protection minister Ehud Barak sharply attacked the federal government and High Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday over the verdict to not agree to rulings of the Prime Courtroom of Justice. In an interview with Amichai Attali and Gideon Oko on 103FM, Barak warned of a worsening disagreement with the judiciary and referred to as on opposition leaders to face in combination on the head of a public battle towards the federal government.
“You have to be blind, naïve or a yes-man to refuse to see that this is a sign of what is to come,” Barak mentioned concerning the disagreement with the judiciary. “The issue this is about is less important than the very fact that there is a declaration here by the government that it sees itself as superior to the other two branches. The Knesset was erased a long time ago, but now it is also the judicial branch. As former Supreme Court presidents rightly wrote: this is the last nail in the coffin of Israeli democracy.”
Barak, who signed a letter through former heads of the protection established order calling on opposition leaders to battle the federal government’s newest steps, clarified that he was once now not essentially not easy complete political harmony, however relatively a commonplace entrance for public battle. “I don’t think we are in a position to demand that they unite into one party, but we are talking about uniting for the purpose of the struggle against this crazy thing the government is trying to make us get used to. Stand at the head of the public and call on it to go out into the streets. That is their duty.”
‘There’s no connection between Netanyahu’s conduct and Israel’
Later within the interview, Barak directed his complaint immediately at Netanyahu, arguing that his issues aren’t pushed through the nice of the state. “There is no connection between Netanyahu’s behavior and Israel,” he mentioned. “His interests today are political, personal and survivalist. The damage to the judicial system is not only legal damage, but enormous diplomatic, security and economic damage. A government that passes draft-dodging laws during wartime, bribes people with billions in political payoffs in order to stay in power, and encourages Kahanism is acting against the public’s interests.”
Barak additionally claimed that Netanyahu’s habits is tied to the warfare and to the hostage factor. “It is clear that Netanyahu has no restraints at all. The man sabotaged entire hostage deals simply because a hostage deal means the war stops. A war stopping means a state commission of inquiry that will examine who is responsible for the October 7 massacre and who is responsible for the policy that Hamas is an asset. So he cannot allow that,” he mentioned.
Israeli High Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Protection Minister Israel Katz, and IDF Leader of Body of workers Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir attend the commencement rite of an IDF officials’ direction in southern Israel, June 25, 2026. (credit score: FLASH90)
When Attali requested whether or not he intended that Netanyahu may start up some other warfare if he noticed that his ballot numbers had been unhealthy, Barak spoke back sharply: “Why are you surprised? I don’t understand. I think the very expression of doubt by someone like you, who is familiar with the matter, is part of the contribution to putting the public to sleep,” Barak spoke back. “Listen carefully to what Nitzan Alon tells you, the man who was on the inside for two years and worked with him.”
The federal government isn’t operating towards an actual answer
In line with Barak, even at the diplomatic and safety fronts, the federal government isn’t resulting in an actual answer. “We are stuck in Gaza not with an Arab force that comes in and restores order, but with Turkey and Qatar. The only way to defeat Hamas is to replace it with another body that will be legitimate in the eyes of the international community. Netanyahu is deliberately avoiding doing the same thing in Lebanon and is sabotaging arrangements,” the previous top minister added.
Barak was once additionally requested how his remarks have compatibility with Netanyahu’s requires a extensive nationwide harmony executive, and he replied with a pointy jab: “I suggest you ask Rabbi Smotrich whether you should believe Netanyahu. Netanyahu himself is a habitual liar. There is no political figure in Israel or in the world who believes him about anything, including his allies.”
He was once relating to recordings of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich published through Kan 11 in October 2022 and in addition printed in Maariv, by which Smotrich is heard calling Netanyahu a “son of a liar.”
On the finish of his remarks, Barak positioned total accountability for Israel’s disaster on Netanyahu and referred to as for a distinct more or less executive. “He is responsible for the entire national and international mess that has been created. A new government needs to be one that does not want to destroy the judicial system, does not want Kahanists in it, and will be ready to strike every enemy but is striving for diplomatic arrangements,” Barak added.
“Anyone who is ready for that can join, but not anyone from the people who sat in this government, which brought Israel to the edge of an abyss and insists on continuing to march forward,” he mentioned.
