Monday, January 17, 2011

Ehud Barak left the Labour Party and created a new political

Ehud Barak, the Israeli defense minister, will announce on Monday morning, he left the Labour Party he founded and led four other MPs with a new political party, announced the Israeli media. Barak will leave the Labour Party with Vice-Minister of Defence Matan Vilnai, Shalom Simhon, Minister of Agriculture and two other members, Einat Wilf and Orit Noked.

The new party is called HaAtsmahout (independence in Hebrew]. The Labor Party had so far 13 MPs out of 120. The other ministers and Labour MPs have not yet announced if they had to stay within the Most current Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu. It is unclear at present what the consequences for the government of this unexpected gesture.

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