Published 3/25/2009
at Yahoo! News: Politics News
The Christian Science Monitor - Hoping to buy some geopolitical maneuvering room, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu initialed a deal on Tuesday with Defense Minister Ehud Barak to include his dovish Labor Party in the new Israeli government.
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