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Former Labor Party Minister: 'Israeli Peace Camp Has No Leader'

Former Labor Party Minister Moshe Shahal, a strong supporter of the Arab Peace Initiative, tells Mazal Mualem that his former party has forsaken its leadership on peace with the Palestinians.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) speaks to Moshe Shahal, a member of the Israel Peace Initiative and a former Israeli cabinet minister, during a news conference after Abbas met members of the Israeli Peace Initiative in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 28, 2011. The Israel Peace Initiative, a private group that includes former politicians and security officials, wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to renew peace talks, which the Palestinians have frozen over his refusal t
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“The Labor Party has lost its passion and its vision. It no longer fills its role as the leading advocate of compromise in the diplomatic process.”

This diagnosis was provided by none other than Moshe Shahal, who spent decades at the highest echelons of the Labor Party and was considered to be one of the cleverest politicians in Israel. Even today, over a decade after he retired from politics and returned to work as one of the country’s top lawyers, he continues to be involved in political and party affairs.

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