Israeli Labour Party splits up

The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has provoked a split in the Labour Party after he resigned from the party leadership, creating thus a new parliamentary group comprising five members.

The Labour Party will decide next whether they will withdraw from the Legislative body or not.

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced that he will not extend the coalition after three members from the former party of Barak have resigned from office.

Ehud Barak’s decision to defect from the Party has been well regarded within the Party by those who criticize the manner in which the negotiations for peace process are held by the present governing coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The analysts have stated that Ehud Barak decided to split from the Labour Party so that he can remain in the governing coalition acting as Defence Minister.

A few months ago important members within the Labour Party expressed their wish to defect from the coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu unless the negotiations in the stalled peace process are pushed forward.

In Benjamin Netanyahu’s opinion, the defection of these ministers from the government strengthens the coalition because thus all the internal disagreements within one particular party of the coalition will no longer exist.


Translated by: Violeta-Mădălina Florea
MA Student, MTTLC, Bucharest University