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This document appears to be a page from a memoir by Ehud Barak (page 122), contained within a House Oversight Committee file. It details the political maneuvering following an Israeli election (circa 2009) where Barak decides to join Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government as Defense Minister to maintain a peace process with Palestinians and address the nuclear threat from Iran. The text explicitly mentions directing Chief of Staff Gaby Ashkenazi to plan attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities.