Israeli Defense Minister resigns from politics
Jerusalem - Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, will soon leave the political stage and will not be back in a general election in January 2013.
Al Jazeera correspondent, Tom Ackerman, reporting from Jerusalem, Monday, November 26, 2012 that there is no doubt that the party Atzmaut (Independence), where Barak shelter, able to survive in the upcoming election.
Almost all opinions polls show that the party is not going to get away from the parliamentary threshold to gain seats in the Knesset or Parliament. "Therefore, Barak retreated from now on to save face," said the observer.
Barak quit the Labour Party won 19 seats in parliament - has dropped only get 13 seats. He was often criticized for entering into the circle of the Labour Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu after being appointed as Minister of Defense. Last year, Barak out of the Labour Party. Then he donated four seats in Parliament from the Party Atzmaut.
Al Jazeera correspondent, Tom Ackerman, reporting from Jerusalem, Monday, November 26, 2012 that there is no doubt that the party Atzmaut (Independence), where Barak shelter, able to survive in the upcoming election.
Almost all opinions polls show that the party is not going to get away from the parliamentary threshold to gain seats in the Knesset or Parliament. "Therefore, Barak retreated from now on to save face," said the observer.
Barak quit the Labour Party won 19 seats in parliament - has dropped only get 13 seats. He was often criticized for entering into the circle of the Labour Party, led by Benjamin Netanyahu after being appointed as Minister of Defense. Last year, Barak out of the Labour Party. Then he donated four seats in Parliament from the Party Atzmaut.
