📧 Communication

This document appears to be a page (105) from a memoir or book draft by Ehud Barak, included in House Oversight evidence files. It details the aftermath of the 2001 Israeli election where Barak lost to Ariel Sharon ('Arik'). The text describes Sharon's attempts to recruit Barak as Defense Minister, the internal conflict within the Labor Party regarding joining a unity government, and a subsequent meeting between Barak and Sharon regarding the West Bank security fence and rising casualty numbers from terror attacks.