Laborites affiliated with the camp of the former party leader, Amir Peretz, are working to pressure party leader Defense Minister Ehud Barak to hold party primaries. Peretz is Barak’s political nemesis and he is working in earnest to oust Barak from the party’s top slot.

Peretz is planning to compete in a race against Barak, confident he can earn his leadership position back. He is calling for primaries within the next two months.

Peretz backers insist that Barak’s leadership has been a colossal failure “and we needn’t wait until the national elections to prove this,” they explain.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)