Israeli opposition leader Ehud Barak announced that he wanted the power to name some Labor Party officials to run on the party’s Knesset list in the next elections without having them run in the primaries. Observers said Barak’s proposal was made in an effort to attract the just-retired head of the army, Amnon Shahak, to join Labor. Barak dropped the proposal after it was roundly criticized during a meeting of party leaders.
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