A candidate for the leadership of Israel’s Labor Party dropped out of the race. Matan Vilnai, Israel’s science minister and a former deputy chief of the military, announced his withdrawal Sunday, saying he hoped to boost the re-election chances of the current Labor chairman, Shimon Peres.
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