Outgoing Israeli Premier Ehud Barak reversed himself and decided not to serve as defense minister in the national unity government Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is trying to create. Several prominent figures in Barak’s Labor Party said they were interested in a unity government, but not with Barak as defense minister.
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