• Published 00:00 19.09.06
  • Latest update 00:00 19.09.06

Amir Peretz takes over Labor

The head of the Histadrut labor federation, Amir Peretz, emerged the upset victor in internal elections for leader of the Labor Party.

Peretz attracts a number of new faces to the party, but alienates many veterans, particularly elder stateman Shimon Peres, who would quit Labor for Kadima.

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