Barak's Labour Party approves coalition deal- TV

Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:41pm EDT
 
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JERUSALEM, March 24 (Reuters) - Israel's Labour Party voted on Tuesday in favour of joining a coalition government led by Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud, Israeli television channels said.

Channels 10 and 2 said the party's central committee ratified a coalition deal that Labour leader Ehud Barak reached with Netanyahu earlier in the day. (Writing by Jeffrey Heller, Editing by Joseph Nasr)



 

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