Sign in

Barak Ravid ברק רביד

@barakravid.bsky.social
13K followers 1 following 213 posts

Global Affairs Correspondent for Axios. CNN analyst. Washington correspondent for Walla. Author of Trump's Peace

PostsRepliesMedia
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🚨NEW: Ukrainian President Zelensky wants to meet President Trump "as soon as possible", possibly over Thanksgiving, to finalize the terms for ending the war, Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak told David Lawler & me. Read the interview on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
axios.com
Zelensky ready to meet Trump over Thanksgiving to finalize deal, top aide tells Axios
U.S. and Ukrainian officials have agreed in principle on most aspects of the plan.
12181
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🤯How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world. David Lawler @marcacaputo.bsky.social @demarest-colin.bsky.social and me write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
axios.com
How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world
Zelensky listened on speaker phone as Witkoff and Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan.
83411
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚨🚨🚨Scoop: The U.S. sent UN Security Council members a draft resolution on Monday for the establishment of an international force in Gaza for a duration of at least two years, according to a copy of the draft. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/03/g...
axios.com
Scoop: U.S. seeks UN approval for Gaza security force with broad two-year mandate
The resolution would also empower the Trump-led Board of Peace at least through 2027.
6163
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🇺🇸🇮🇱Vice President Vance on Wednesday urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "give a shot" to the Gaza ceasefire deal and help implement it. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/22/v...
axios.com
Vance urges Netanyahu to "give a shot" to Gaza deal
Vance met with Netanyahu in Jerusalem as an air train of U.S. officials began arriving in Israel to work on stabilizing the fragile ceasefire.
3112
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The Trump administration is working to prevent the clashes between Hamas and Israel on Sunday from exploding the Gaza agreement. @barakravid.bsky.social and i write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/10/19/t...
axios.com
U.S. scrambles to save Gaza peace deal amid new clashes
"The next 30 days are going to be critical," one official said.
283
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🚨Scoop: A dramatic meeting last Wednesday between President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Hamas leaders headed by Khalil al-Hayya helped seal the Gaza peace deal. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/13/g...
axios.com
Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal
"Based on the meeting we just had, we have a deal."
0195
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
A real scoop by @barakravid.bsky.social A dramatic meeting last Wednesday between President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Hamas leaders headed by Khalil al-Hayya helped seal the Gaza peace deal. www.axios.com/2025/10/13/g...
axios.com
Scoop: Direct meeting between Trump envoys and Hamas leaders sealed Gaza deal
"Based on the meeting we just had, we have a deal."
092
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How two years of war in Gaza have changed the Middle East forever. Read my story on @axios.com about the 2nd anniversary of the Hamas October 7 terror attack on Israel www.axios.com/2025/10/07/o...
axios.com
How two years of war in Gaza have changed the Middle East forever
Even if President Trump's peace push proves successful, the human tragedy and the geopolitical shifts will be felt for generations.
0133
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨NEW: Ukraine's president tells me in an interview for The @axios.com Show that if Russia won't end the war, officials working in the Kremlin should make sure they know where the nearest bomb shelter is. The full interview will be published on Friday www.axios.com/2025/09/25/z...
0428
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"Why are you always so fucking negative?” Trump snaps at Netanyahu over Gaza peace plans w/ @barakravid.bsky.social in @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/05/t...
axios.com
Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative"
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
2527572
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
🚨🚨🚨Exclusive: President Trump told me on Saturday that "we are close" to a peace deal in Gaza, and said he'll push to finalize it in the next few days. "I said, 'Bibi, this is your chance for victory'", Trump told me. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/04/t...
axios.com
Exclusive — Trump on Gaza deal push: "I said, 'Bibi, this is your chance for victory'"
"Bibi took it very far."
4174
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇱Scoop: How an Israeli attack inadvertently launched Trump's Gaza peace plan. @marcacaputo.bsky.social and me write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/01/s...
share.google
Scoop: How an Israeli attack inadvertently launched Trump's Gaza peace plan
Behind the scenes of how Trump's plan came together over three chaotic weeks.
1155
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨Scoop: On Saturday the White House was concerned Netanyahu is going to reject the plan for ending the war in Gaza. Trump then held a tough call with Netanyahu and told him: "If you leave it, we walk away from you". @barakravid.bsky.social and I write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/10/01/s...
axios.com
Scoop: How an Israeli attack inadvertently launched Trump's Gaza peace plan
Behind the scenes of how Trump's plan came together over three chaotic weeks.
2115
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
🚨Exclusive: President Trump told me in an interview Sunday that negotiations over his plan to end the war in Gaza are "at their final stages" and stressed a deal could open the way for wider peace in the Middle East. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/28/t...
axios.com
Exclusive: Trump says Gaza peace deal in "final stages"
"It will be the first chance for real peace in the Middle East," Trump told Axios.
4182
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📺Shortly before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky departed the UN General Assembly for Kyiv, he joined me on The Axios Show where he offered a warning to Putin, new details on his meeting with Trump & a pledge about his political future. Watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwZ...
m.youtube.com
Zelensky warns Putin, reacts to Trump reversal, apologizes to Ukrainian kids - The Axios Show, Ep. 2
YouTube video by Axios
24418
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📺Shortly before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky departed the UN General Assembly for Kyiv, he joined me on The Axios Show where he offered a warning to Putin, new details on his meeting with Trump & a pledge about his political future. Watch here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kwZ...
m.youtube.com
Zelensky warns Putin, reacts to Trump reversal, apologizes to Ukrainian kids - The Axios Show, Ep. 2
YouTube video by Axios
24418
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I think I’ve watched nearly every interview President Zelensky has given in the last 3 and 1/2 years. This was above and beyond— absolutely the very best one. Thank you, @barakravid.bsky.social — or as President Biden would say: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! 🕊️
youtu.be
Zelensky warns Putin, reacts to Trump reversal, apologizes to Ukrainian kids - The Axios Show, Ep. 2
YouTube video by Axios
1145
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Beautiful interview, Barak. Simply the best one yet!
031
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨NEW: Ukraine's president tells me in an interview for The @axios.com Show that if Russia won't end the war, officials working in the Kremlin should make sure they know where the nearest bomb shelter is. The full interview will be published on Friday www.axios.com/2025/09/25/z...
0428
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🚨Exclusive: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky tells me in an interview for The @axios.com Show that he's "ready" to leave office once the war ends and commits to hold elections if a ceasefire takes place. The full interview will be published Friday www.axios.com/2025/09/25/z...
1203
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🇮🇱🇸🇾🇺🇸Scoop: Israel presented Syria with a detailed proposal for a new security agreement, including a map of proposed from Damascus southwest up to the border with Israel. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/16/i...
axios.com
Scoop: Israel presented Syria with proposal for new security agreement
Israel wants a DMZ from Damascus southwest up to the border with Israel.
191
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🚨SCOOP: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to President Trump last Tuesday morning and informed him that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar before the strike took place, three Israeli officials say. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/15/t...
axios.com
Scoop: Netanyahu spoke to Trump before Israel bombed Qatar
Trump has denied being consulted before the Israeli strike in Doha.
75437
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸"Desperate people do desperate things": U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told me he's concerned there will be an economic collapse in the West Bank that could lead to violent escalation. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/09/02/h...
axios.com
"Desperate people do desperate things": Huckabee warns of West Bank collapse
"If the Palestinian economy were to completely collapse it won't be a winning deal for anyone," Huckabee told Axios.
7237
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
"No piecemeal deals": Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants to "shift" from trying to get a partial Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal to reaching a comprehensive agreement that ends the war and returns all remaining hostages at once. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/08/02/w...
axios.com
"No piecemeal deals": Witkoff tells hostage families Trump wants full Gaza agreement
Witkoff's remarks were an acknowledgment that the approach Israel and the U.S. have pursued to reach a partial deal has failed.
3122
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
🇺🇸🇮🇱🎗Trump team rethinks Gaza strategy after six months of failure to end the war. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/26/t...
axios.com
Trump team rethinks Gaza strategy after six months of failure
"We need to do some serious rethinking," a visibly frustrated Marco Rubio told a group of hostage families on Friday.
5132
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇾Senior Israeli and Syrian ministers met in Paris for four hours on Thursday under the auspices of President Trump's special envoy Tom Barrack and discussed de-escalation of tensions between the countries. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/24/s...
axios.com
Senior Israeli and Syrian officials hold U.S.-brokered talks to discuss de-escalation
The meeting was the most high-level official engagement between Israel and Syria in more than 25 years.
1120
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱"Bibi acted like a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes. @marcacaputo.bsky.social and I write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
axios.com
"He's a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes
"Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave."
1187
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
"Bibi acted like a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes. @barakravid.bsky.social and I write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...
axios.com
"He's a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes
"Netanyahu is sometimes like a child who just won't behave."
185
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
President Trump is planning to sell weapons to NATO allies with the understanding that they will then provide them to Ukraine. Marc Caputo, David Lawler, and I write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/11/t...
axios.com
Trump plans to send Ukraine weapons via NATO allies
This is a major policy shift from Trump as he grows increasingly disillusioned with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
1153
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Scoop: A secret White House meeting between Steve Witkoff, Netanyahu's confidant Ron Dermer, and a Qatari envoy on Tuesday led to significant progress in the negotiations over the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/09/g...
axios.com
Scoop: Secret White House meeting on Gaza raises hopes for ceasefire deal
The trilateral meeting took place shortly before Trump and Netanyahu sat down on Tuesday.
3212
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
🇺🇸🇮🇱President Trump wants to reach an agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their meeting on Monday on terms for ending the war in Gaza. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/07/06/t...
axios.com
Trump hopes to align with Netanyahu on Gaza war endgame during visit
"We want to get an agreement on what comes next," a U.S. official told Axios.
060
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Trump administration is holding "preliminary discussions" with Israel and Syria on a potential security agreement between the longtime enemy states, U.S. and Israeli officials tell me. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/30/t...
axios.com
U.S. holding "preliminary discussions" on Israel-Syria deal
Israel is pushing for assurances that any talks will ultimately lead to a full peace agreement.
0102
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱Trump successfully pressures Israel to scale back retaliation strike in Iran. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/24/t...
axios.com
Trump successfully pressures Israel to scale back retaliation strike in Iran
"We have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f--k they are doing," Trump said on Tuesday.
2121
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Michael Calderone @calderone.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Get to know @barakravid.bsky.social, one of the go-to reporters on US/Israel/Iran right now via this @nataliekorach.bsky.social profile www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...
vanityfair.com
The Israeli Reporter Getting the Scoop on Trump’s High-Stakes Diplomacy
‘Axios’ journalist Barak Ravid has been breaking news on negotiations with everyone from Hamas to Iran to Ukraine—just ask Zelenskyy—while making his presence felt in Washington. He talks with VF abou...
0237
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🇺🇸🇮🇷☢️💥"It was a headfake": Inside Trump's secret orders to strike Iran. Marc Caputo Zach Basu and me write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/22/t...
axios.com
"It was a headfake": Inside Trump's secret orders to strike Iran
The inside story of how Trump decided to enter Israel's war against Iran.
3154
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Scoop: President Trump & Turkish President Erdoğan quietly sought to arrange a meeting between the U.S. and Iran in Istanbul last Monday. But the effort collapsed when Iran's supreme leader Khamenei couldn't be reached to approve it. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/21/t...
axios.com
Scoop: Trump's backchannel to Iran failed after supreme leader went dark
Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan quietly sought to arrange a U.S.-Iran meeting in Istanbul.
2173
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump pressed aides on whether the bunker-buster plan to bomb Iran's Fordow nuclear facility will work. Pentagon officials told him they were confident it would. Marc Caputo and I write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t...
axios.com
Trump presses aides on whether bunker-buster plan to bomb Iran will work
"We would be willing to, if it's within reason, go in there and do a surgical strike — maybe, if necessary."
3133
Reposted by Barak Ravid ברק רביד
Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Don’t miss the end of this piece by @barakravid.bsky.social and @marcacaputo.bsky.social “A U.S. official said the Israelis told the Trump administration that while they may not be able to reach deep enough into the mountain with bombs, they may "do it with humans."” www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t...
axios.com
Trump presses aides on whether bunker-buster plan to bomb Iran will work
"We would be willing to, if it's within reason, go in there and do a surgical strike — maybe, if necessary."
1135
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
🚨Scoop: U.S. told Israel it won't participate in an Israeli strike on Iran. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/12/i...
axios.com
Scoop: U.S. told Israel it won't participate in an Israeli strike on Iran
Trump confirmed Israeli strikes "might very well happen." Privately, the administration told Israel that would be a solo mission.
4229
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Scoop: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. envoy Tom Barrack he's interested in negotiating new agreements with the new Syrian government, with the U.S. serving as mediator, Israeli officials said. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/11/i...
axios.com
Scoop: Netanyahu asks U.S. to broker Israel-Syria negotiations
Netanyahu is interested in negotiating an updated security deal and working up towards a full peace agreement.
2194
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The State Department is discussing allocating $500 million for funding of the U.S. and Israel backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) that has been delivering food to Palestinians in Gaza in recent weeks. My report on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/06/g...
axios.com
State Department considers giving $500 million to the new Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
If the U.S. goes ahead with this massive funding, it will become the biggest donor to the foundation.
2140
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚛️Israel has reassured the White House that it won't launch an attack against Iran's nuclear facilities unless President Trump signals negotiations with Iran have failed. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/05/i...
axios.com
Israel assured U.S. it won't strike Iran unless talks fail
"We calmed the Americans and told them there is no logic in launching an attack."
3144
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Scoop: President Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack against Russia over the weekend was "strong" and "badass," but he's also concerned it will prolong the war and make his ceasefire mission even harder. @marcacaputo.bsky.social and me write for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/05/t...
axios.com
Scoop: Trump admired Ukraine's "badass" attack, sources say
"Pretty strong," Trump told one confidant.
0135
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Scoop: U.S. nuclear deal offer allows Iran to enrich uranium at low levels and doesn't include full dismantlement of the nuclear facilities. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/06/02/i...
axios.com
Scoop: U.S. nuclear deal offer allows Iran to enrich uranium
The proposal is likely to alarm Israel and Republican senators, who want much tougher red lines.
1155
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
White House envoy says Hamas response to U.S. proposal "takes us backward". My report on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/31/h...
axios.com
White House envoy says Hamas response to U.S. proposal "takes us backward"
Hamas demanded numerous changes that brought the negotiations once again to a deadlock.
1133
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The White House is awaiting Hamas' response to the new U.S. proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal, but Trump administration officials are sounding less optimistic about an imminent breakthrough than 24 hours earlier. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/29/h...
axios.com
Hamas debating U.S. proposal for Gaza ceasefire, officials say
Hamas officials believe the new offer has shifted in Israel's direction.
281
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Scoop: The leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar told Trump they oppose military strikes on Iran's nuclear program. My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/29/s...
axios.com
Scoop: Gulf leaders told Trump they oppose strikes on Iran's nuclear program
They're urging Trump to hold Netanyahu back, and backing Trump's negotiations.
02211
Barak Ravid ברק רביד @barakravid.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
🎗White House envoy @SteveWitkoff says Hamas' response to ceasefire proposal "unacceptable". My story on @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/26/i...
axios.com
White House envoy says Hamas' response to ceasefire proposal "unacceptable"
"What I have seen from Hamas is disappointing and completely unacceptable," Steve Witkoff told Axios.
050