🇮🇱 Ehud Barak (b. 1942)
⬅️ People, Groups & Places (MOC) · Related: Peace Offers · Yasser Arafat · 2000 Camp David, Clinton's Parameters and Taba Talks
Why he matters
The PM who made the sweeping Camp David 2000 offer — a Palestinian state on ~92% of the West Bank, all of Gaza, and a capital in East Jerusalem — which Arafat rejected without a counteroffer, then launched the Second Intifada. The single clearest data point for “who refused peace.”
Key Facts
- Israel’s most decorated soldier; former IDF Chief of Staff.
- PM 1999–2001.
- Camp David Summit (July 2000) + the Clinton Parameters — the furthest-reaching two-state offer to that point. → 2000 Camp David, Clinton's Parameters and Taba Talks · Peace Offers
- Also withdrew Israel from the Lebanon security zone (2000).
Debate Relevance
- “Israel never offered a real state” → Barak did — and got the Second Intifada. Even the dovish Ben-Ami (his negotiator) confirms Arafat walked away. → Solutions (Two-State, One-State & Beyond)
🔗 See Also
- Yasser Arafat · Yitzhak Rabin · Peace Offers · Prophets without Honor