Where Shimon appears
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an opportunity for Shimon to build on the still-tenuous
/ BARAK / 8 Within days of the election, however, there was a new source of potential friction between us: Shimon’s future, and possibly mine, in leading our opposition to Bibi and bringing a Labor government back to power. The question of...
…a party list and one for a directly elected Prime Minister. This would be a personal test, an opportunity for Shimon to build on the still-tenuous achievement of Oslo and finally secure the endorsement of the Israeli people. It seemed, for...
Shimon said: “OK. So probably I made a mistake.”
Shimon and I held a series of late-night
having let Shimon know through Giora and then phoning
by what he’d said. Shimon was now nearly 73. He’d had a life in our
I was struck that Shimon seemed resigned to the election defeat
…y.” It was nearly three in the morning when I left. I was not just surprised, but touched, by what he’d said. Shimon was now nearly 73. He’d had a life in our country’s politics, and in Labor, stretching back to before the state, when he’d...
…as beginning the negotiations to form a government, and that process was likely to take at least a few weeks. Shimon had yet to signal whether he did intend to stay on. Still, when he invited me for a late-night chat at his apartment a week...
…autious, too. When I got back home, Nava, knowing where I’d been, was still awake. I told her everything that Shimon had said. I told her how extraordinary it felt to have the prospect, at least, of leading Labor in opposition to Bibi, with...
…t, under both Rabin and Peres, we’d delayed out of concern about inflaming tensions with the Palestinians. As Shimon rightly said publicly after the three days of violence that followed, we understood that, at a minimum, it would need to be...
… north of Herzliya. It was how weddings are meant to be, full of smiles, good food and dancing. Near the end, Shimon showed up. As he walked over to greet us, one guest after another shook his hand, patted him on the back, hugged him, wishe...
unless conditions allowed a for a serious new effort for a final peace deal. I was heartened when Shimon led Labor back into Arik’s coalition at the start of 2005 to ensure he’d have the support necessary to go through with the Gaza withdra...
ant I had won. Though my American and British brains’ trust had little input into our day-today campaign, they did play a role in the thrust and strategy. I tried to drive home two things as we entered the two-week homestretch in May. My fi...
…y.” It was nearly three in the morning when I left. I was not just surprised, but touched, by what he’d said. Shimon was now nearly 73. He’d had a life in our country’s politics, and in Labor, stretching back to before the state, when he’d...
…as beginning the negotiations to form a government, and that process was likely to take at least a few weeks. Shimon had yet to signal whether he did intend to stay on. Still, when he invited me for a late-night chat at his apartment a week...
e next time around. “Everyone in the party understands the meaning of this defeat. Shimon is done,” Shochat said, as Fuad nodded his agreement. “You will have to go for the leadership.” Though their endorsement was a surprise, it would be d...
…onya’s flat in Ramat Aviv. My personal ties to Rabin were stronger, of course. After I joined the government, Shimon’s and my relationship became slightly more circumspect. But since the assassination, some of the old warmth had returned. N...
…o believe he would have won. But despite his differences with Peres, I’m equally certain he would have wanted Shimon to win, not just for his sake but for Israel’s. I had got to know Shimon, too, during my years in the kirya. In fact, he wa...
