Peretz Ousted as Leader Of Israel's Labor Party
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JERUSALEM, May 29 -- Israel's Labor Party on Monday ousted Amir Peretz, its populist leader sharply criticized for his role as defense minister during last summer's Lebanon war, in a primary election with implications for the durability of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's strained governing coalition.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, a television exit poll showed.
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Results in the Israeli Labour primary put leader Amir Peretz in a distant third, bringing a period of uncertainty.
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Sean Harrigan, a longtime union official and one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for corporate governance reform, was ousted yesterday from his post as president of the $177 billion California Public Employees Retirement System.
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Labor Party chief Shimon Peres appealed to hard-liners in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud on Friday to drop their opposition to forging a unity coalition seen as
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Histadrut Chairman Amir Peretz, gloating ecstatically, declared unionized labor and workers&#39; solidarity the victor in its battle against the Treasury Tuesday.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - The leader of Australia's opposition Labour party announced Tuesday he will quit politics because of ill health.
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Israel's police chief resigns after a government commission says he should go over alleged misconduct.
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THE Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader as his senior deputy - clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his senior deputy, clearing the way for a unity government to enact its planned withdrawal from occupied territories.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, television exit polls showed.
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Moving to end a political crisis with its government coalition partner, the Socialist Party on Thursday effectively ousted Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy from office and said it would nominate his replacement next week.
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Martin Peretz, who has been a part owner of The New Republic for more than three decades, has given up his share of the magazine, but will remain as editor in chief.
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Labor Party Chair Shimon Peres is facing growing opposition from his party over his decision to continue coalition talks with Likud despite the Likud convention&#39;s resolution last week against bringing Labor into the government.
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Likud and Labor officials will meet today to customize Shimon Peresâ new Disengagement portfolio. Peres will be the cabinet minister in charge of implementing the Gaza Disengagement process along with being a Deputy Prime Minister.
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A top Israeli army general is sacked over his criticism of the war in Lebanon in a series of media interviews.
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Israeli Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has lifted his threat to resign over plans to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the plan championed by Likud party rival Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.