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Ehud Barak’s Second Coming

In Israel’s current political atmosphere, the onetime dove returns dressed in a hawk’s feathers

By Ralph Seliger

Nearly 10 years to the day since Ehud Barak was first elected chair of Israel’s Labor party, he emerged victorious again on June 12—in a narrow primary win over his more dovish opponent, Ami Ayalon. In May 1999, Barak trounced the incumbent Likud prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, with 57 percent in a direct vote. As prime minister for 20 months,… return to article

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