Read more Israeli Labor Party stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6508/israeli-labor-party.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:07:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54317/netanyahu-to-push-israel-palestinean-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBenjamin Netanyahu, the next prime minister of Israel, said in a speech today that his incoming government would be a "partner for peace" with the Palestinian people, but he made no mention of the two-state solution backed by the United States. As Reuters reports, Netanyahu focused on the territories' economy,...http://www.newser.com/story/54317/netanyahu-to-push-israel-palestinean-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 7:47:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54255/israels-labor-will-join-netanyahu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael's Labor Party voted today to join the incoming government of Benjamin Netanyahu, giving a centrist tone to the coalition that has looked hard-line up to now. The vote—680 in favor and 507 against—came after heated debate. "I won't be anyone's fig leaf or anyone's third wheel," said...http://www.newser.com/story/54255/israels-labor-will-join-netanyahu.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 16:22:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54193/labor-party-set-to-join-far-right-israeli-govt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBenjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister-designate, has reached a deal with Ehud Barak that would see Barak's center-left Labor Party join an otherwise hard-right coalition, reports Haaretz . Barak, a former PM, is expected to retain his current post of defense minister in the new government. But Labor is divided over...http://www.newser.com/story/54193/labor-party-set-to-join-far-right-israeli-govt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Mar 2009 6:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53884/leftist-party-could-join-israel-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBenjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister-designate of Israel, has been given an extra two weeks to form a government after a breakthrough in talks with Ehud Barak, the leader of the Labor Party and the country's outgoing defense minister. While Netanyahu has been ready to complete his right-wing cabinet this week,...http://www.newser.com/story/53884/leftist-party-could-join-israel-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Mar 2009 7:19:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49198/israel-turns-right-and-away-from-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolls indicate the next prime minister of Israel will be Benjamin Netanyahu, an election result that will push the country even further to the right and away from a two-state solution. The Likud leader presents a paradox, Damien McElroy writes in the Telegraph : although Netanyahu is the most "American-style" politician...http://www.newser.com/story/49198/israel-turns-right-and-away-from-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 7:29:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30854/olmert-pact-saves-israeli-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEhud Olmert narrowly averted the collapse of the Israeli government today by pledging that his party would hold a leadership election by late September, Haaretz reports. In exchange, Labor Party withdrew its support for a motion of non-confidence. Olmert is facing investigation in connection with $150,000 he took from...http://www.newser.com/story/30854/olmert-pact-saves-israeli-parliament.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Jun 2008 5:38:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17693/impending-war-report-could-topple-olmert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEhud Olmert is bracing for a vital challenge to his career as prime minister of Israel, when a report damning his conduct in the 2006 Lebanon war is released later today. The report could topple Olmert's precarious coalition government, the Times of London reports. An interim version of the report...http://www.newser.com/story/17693/impending-war-report-could-topple-olmert.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Jan 2008 3:36:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/3062/israels-parliament-elects-peres-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Knesset voted in Vice Premier Shimon Peres as president of Israel today, after his two rivals for the office dropped out. Peres, a former PM and Nobel laureate, says his job is to unite Israeli society and "expel despair from our midst." He follows Moshe Katsav, who stepped down...http://www.newser.com/story/3062/israels-parliament-elects-peres-president.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Jun 2007 12:28:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3055/israeli-labor-party-picks-barak-to-lead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEhud Barak won a runoff election yesterday making him head of Israel's Labor Party once again. Barak, who edged out former Shin Bet boss Ari Ayalon, will join PM Ehud Olmert's coalition cabinet, probably as defense minister. But the Guardian reports that the serial party chief is widely expected to...http://www.newser.com/story/3055/israeli-labor-party-picks-barak-to-lead.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Jun 2007 5:00:00 CDT