Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to take over a Labor Party meeting, causing an uproar. At a session of Labor’s Central Committee in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Barak, who recently announced his return to politics after a hiatus of almost four years, grabbed the microphone from party official Moshe Shahal and demanded that the upcoming primary be conducted by secret ballot.
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