MINISTER BARAK: THE DIE HAS BEEN CAST, PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS
by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz - Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as chairman of the Labor party, told his
colleagues on Thursday to get ready for elections by the end of this year. In
the ruling Kadima party, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni condemned the moral
corruption exposed in recent days and said that Kadima should be prepared for
any political development.
Minister Barak said Kadima was suffering from "moral paralysis."
Addressing a meeting of the Labor party directorate in Tel Aviv, Minister Barak announced, "The die has been cast, and it is now necessary to prepare for elections." To that end, Barak said that he had already assigned the party's General Secretary, Eitan Cabel, the task of "immediately putting together an election campaign staff for the coming elections."