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Kadima Officials: A Deal With Labor Imminent


Kadima Party officials are signaling that a coalition agreement with Labor Party is imminent, indicating the major issues have been worked out and the leaders of the parties are pleased to see progress is moving at a brisk pace.

At 9:00PM on motzei Shabbos, a meeting was scheduled between Premier-designate Tzipi Livni met with Labor leader Ehud Barak but as of midnight, that meeting did not take place.

While Barak aides report the Labor Party leader has exhibited more than a modicum of flexibility in the negotiations, there are a number of issues which are deal-breakers, including Barak’s demands that Livni sack Justice Minister Daniel Friedman, establish working guidelines between the prime minister and defense minister, and an agreement that Barak will play a major role in negotiations involving the Syrians.

Barak has stated he prefers that Friedman be ousted from his senior post but he is willing to permit him to continue with the understanding that his radical views are unwelcome in the new government and this new policy must be reflected through his actions in the future.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)



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