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Olmert divvies up ministries as coalition talks wind down

Baron, Dan
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
04-24-2006
JERUSALEM, April 23 (JTA) -- Ehud Olmert has big plans for Israel. And he
is about to form a big government. The prime minister entered what appeared
to be a final week of coalition talks Sunday, with a deal all but clinched
between his Kadima Party and Labor.

With at least three other factions also set to come aboard, Olmert is
looking at a mammoth Cabinet of 27 ministers.

Such a top-heavy government is a price he believes he has to pay if he
wants to push through further Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank:
Kadima won last month's elections by a slim margin and by itself commands
nowhere near a parliamentary majority.

For Labor leader Amir ...

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