13.05.2011                      09.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 24 des Omer

Politik:

Ex-Labor chief Barak declares ‘Independence’ in Tel Aviv

Defense minister officially inaugurates new political party, complaining about "opportunists and charlatans" in Israeli politics.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak completed the process of leaving the Labor Party he led until January when he officially formed the new Independence Party at its inaugural meeting at the Council for a Beautiful Israel Center in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
Speaking to the party’s founding 80 members, Barak complained that Israeli politics had deteriorated into “tricks and shticks” and was led by “too many opportunists and charlatans.”…