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...struggled to regain his footing, Clinton was even able to conscript a few ragged surrogates to put a noble if belated spin on the Rich pardon. Clinton did it, they said, to please Ehud Barak, as a gift to a man who risked so much for peace that he got kicked out of office. One problem with that explanation is that Israeli officials downplay Barak's role, saying it consisted of a brief mention during one phone call; sources close to Clinton contend there were at least three. Either way, the Rich effort paled beside Barak's unsuccessful effort...
...region. Israel launched a "confidential initiative" to get the U.S. off Rich's back, according to the memo. Then Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met with Dennis Ross, Clinton's Middle East envoy, to plead Rich's case, but Ross was unconvinced. Five years later, of course, Prime Minister Ehud Barak vouched for Rich again--this time directly to Clinton, with better results...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres calls Bill Clinton to lobby for Rich's pardon. During a conversation with Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, already lobbying for the pardon of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, pushes for Rich's pardon, according to a Quinn e-mail...
...Wednesday, Israel's outgoing prime minister, Ehud Barak, decided - once again - to retreat from political life. Barak, who first announced his intentions to abandon leadership of the Labor party on February 6, when he lost a landslide election to Ariel Sharon, had subsequently reconsidered when he was offered the job of minister of defense in a unity government under Sharon. In the end, he withdrew, leaving the defense post open to fellow Labor leader Shimon Peres...
...Hotel in Tel Aviv, Barak's U.S. campaign consultants, Robert Shrum and Stanley Greenberg, monitored exit polls throughout election day. By 9 p.m., the dimensions of Barak's loss were clear. Campaign managers Tal Silberstein and Moshe Gaon came to Greenberg's hotel room overlooking the Mediterranean. "Ehud's going to resign," Silberstein said...