{"id":120938,"date":"2025-05-05T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120938"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:31:23","slug":"05-00-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=120938","title":{"rendered":"Ehud Barak calls for civil insurrection to collapse government"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ehud-barak-calls-for-civil-insurrection-to-collapse-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ehud Barak calls for civil insurrection to collapse government<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>David Isaac<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The former prime minister called for hundreds of thousands to shut down the country until the government falls.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F211109AVS39-1320x880.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Haaretz Democracy Conference in Jaffa, Nov. 9, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday repeated his call for a civil insurrection to topple the Netanyahu government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cWe need to get to a civil insurrection,\u201d said Barak, during an appearance on \u201cMoriah &amp; Berko,\u201d a\u00a0<em>Channel 13\u00a0<\/em>news show co-hosted by Moriah Ashraf and Eyal Bercovic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Asked to explain what that meant, Barak said he meant hundreds of thousands taking to the streets guided by political, academic, high-tech and market leaders, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">When Ashraf asked what the limits of the insurrection should be, Barak said, \u201cThe limits are the shutdown of the country until the government falls.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1918734563716526313&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org%2Fehud-barak-calls-for-civil-insurrection-to-collapse-government%2F&amp;sessionId=2e2422914345522b19c444972d38a23c6e17c9ee&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" width=\"650\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1918734563716526313\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Barak, who served as prime minister from 1999 to 2001, and later as\u00a0deputy prime minister and minister of defense\u00a0in a Netanyahu government 2009 to 2013, has become a bitter opponent of the current prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n<p><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Barak, who served as prime minister from 1999 to 2001, and later as\u00a0deputy prime minister and minister of defense\u00a0in a Netanyahu government 2009 to 2013, has become a bitter opponent of the current prime minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Speaking at\u00a0an anti-government protest rally in Tel Aviv in July 2024, Barak urged the thousands present to engage in\u00a0\u201cnonviolent civil noncompliance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli prosecutors at the time mulled whether to\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/police-to-again-probe-ehud-barak-on-alleged-incitement-sedition\/\">prosecute<\/a>\u00a0Barak on charges of incitement and sedition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">At a rally in Jerusalem in April of last year, he\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ehud-barak-to-jns-anti-govt-protests-meant-to-bring-elections\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0that his goal was to use mass protests as a pressure lever to bring about early elections to replace the Netanyahu government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cMy message is elections now,\u201d Barak told JNS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In February,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/barak-calls-for-siege-of-knesset-to-oust-netanyahu\/\">Barak<\/a>\u00a0called on the public to \u201cbesiege\u201d the parliament in an ultimate attempt to force elections, bring down Netanyahu and implement a two-state solution, which includes a Palestinian state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The former premier told\u00a0<em>Army Radio<\/em>\u00a0that \u201c30,000 citizens need to camp outside the Knesset in tents for three weeks, day and night,\u201d until \u201cthe country shuts down [and] Netanyahu realizes that his time is up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In March 2023, Ehud Barak\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/ehud-barak-unveils-strategy-for-bringing-down-israels-government\/\">revealed\u00a0<\/a>his strategy for a \u201ccounter-revolution\u201d to bring down the Netanyahu government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Speaking at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a London-based think tank, Barak said he was certain his side would win, adding, \u201cand we have even empirical evidence for this.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He referred to research by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan, who co-authored a 2012 book, \u201cWhy Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Barak said the two researchers looked at hundreds of civil protests from 1900 to 2006, noting that \u201cthey found a common denominator\u201d\u2014protests that succeeded included 3.5% of the population, or roughly 8% of the adult population that were \u201ctenaciously and persistently\u201d kept up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cAt the end the government either falls or capitulates. We already crossed this number in less than three months so we are heading in the right direction,\u201d Barak said, referring to protests against the government\u2019s judicial reform plan.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ehud Barak calls for civil insurrection to collapse government David Isaac The former prime minister called for hundreds of thousands to shut down the country until the government falls. Former prime minister Ehud Barak speaks at the Haaretz Democracy Conference in Jaffa, Nov. 9, 2021. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90. 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