Ehud and Nava Barak Separate
Aug. 27, 2003
Baraks to Split
By JOSEPH SCHICK
After 34 years of marriage, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and his wife Nava have decided to separate.
Since his defeat in 2001 to Ariel Sharon, Barak has built a large new home, and has earned millions of shekels consulting for major high tech companies in Israel. Under a separation agreement proposed by former President Bill Clinton, Ehud would agree to relinquish 97 percent of his assets to Nava. Nava would also gain sovereignty over the surface of the family home, with Ehud retaining control over the below ground areas, including the basement, and being granted access to the home's western wall. Earlier, Ehud had insisted that "I do not intend to sign an agreement giving up control of the house."
Ehud Barak admitted that the separation agreement would be "difficult as hell for us emotionally," but when it was suggested that his concessions to Mrs. Barak were excessive, shouted "I am trying to put an end to the conflict."
For her part, Nava has rejected Clinton's plan, insisting that Ehud fully end his "illegal occupation" of the family home.
Abdul Aziz Rantisi, a leader of Hamas, also rejects the proposal, demanding that the "Zionist Family" unilaterally vacate their home, with title being immediately passed to Arabs displaced during the 1948 war.
posted on 8/27/2003
