Site last updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Log In

Reset Password
MENU
Butler County's great daily newspaper

Israeli party forms coalition to rule

JERUSALEM — Israel's centrist Kadima Party reached a coalition deal today with the left-center Labor Party, giving interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a government that will back his plan to draw Israel's final borders by 2010, Kadima Party officials said.

Olmert's Kadima Party won a March election, but does not have enough seats in the 120-seat parliament to rule alone. The party reached a deal Wednesday with the Pensioners' Party, and is expected to also bring in the more hawkish ultra-Orthodox Shas movement.

Olmert and Labor leader Amir Peretz were meeting to finalize the details. The parties were to sign the agreement later today, said Shmuel Dahan, a Kadima spokesman.

More in International News

Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter

* indicates required
TODAY'S PHOTOS