Barak quits

ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday that he was leaving the Labour Party and forming a new faction in parliament, completing a split in the party over the handling of peace talks with the Palestinians.

Barak quits

The move did not immediately threaten Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary majority, but is expected to rob the coalition of its most moderate members.

Barak, is a former prime minister and one of the most powerful members of government.

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