Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres got a Cabinet post key to his Labor Party’s entry into the government. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed Thursday to name Peres his senior deputy, circumventing a constitutional dispute that arose when the Labor leader demanded to be vice premier in a future national-unity coalition — a post already taken by Likud loyalist Ehud Olmert.
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