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Israel’s Labor Party Votes to Join Netanyahu Coalition
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Last Edited | RP Mar 24, 2009 05:48pm |
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Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
News Date | Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | A deeply divided Labor Party voted Tuesday to join the governing coalition being formed by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister-designate and the leader of the conservative Likud Party.
The decision paves the way for a broader government than the narrow and hawkish one that Mr. Netanyahu would otherwise have had to settle for, increasing his chances of gaining international acceptance and possibly deflecting friction with the Obama administration.
But the shift by Ehud Barak, Labor’s leader and the current defense minister, has driven a wedge between party members, a division made clear during a stormy convention on Tuesday. |
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