This weekend, former Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Barak announced he is stepping down as chair of the Labor Party, and forming his own party. Barak presently serves as Defense Minister, and he is taking four fellow lawmakers along with him to form (yet) another centrist party. His new party is expected to remain in the governing coalition, but a handful of other Labor Party ministers have resigned their positions, but will stay in Labor.
Some are questioning whether the Labor Party has any future in Israel. The party has been feuding for the last few years over the decision to join the right-leaning coalition. And now, rather than exerting the power inherent to leadership, the chair himself leaves to form a new party Arguably, very odd indeed.
For more, read Josh Marshall’s excellent analysis at Talking Points Memo.
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