IN THE TWO years leading to the elections for the 17th Knesset, there was much talk of a “big bang” that would transform political life in Israel. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan for unilateral disengagement was causing major tremors. In…
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Amir Peretz: Capitalism in Pink
THE surprise victory of Amir Peretz in the Labor Party primaries on November 9, 2005 raised a political tempest. Labor’s death had been certified with the collapse of the Oslo Accords, but the sudden ascent of the Histadrut* chief transformed…