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Signaling a generational shift in Israel's Labor Party, newly installed Prime Minister Shimon Peres, 72, named a group of younger politicians to his Cabinet while retaining the key Defense Ministry post as his own. Ehud Barak, 53, the former Interior Minister, was appointed Foreign Minister, the job held by Peres under slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Yossi Beilin, 47, was named Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, a new position that will enable him to administer the peace with the Palestinians...
...same coalition Rabin had before he was killed. Peres is in a very strong position right now, because of the reverberations from the assassination. Peres is riding on that. He also very wisely moved some younger Labor Party leaders into the Cabinet. A particularly smart move was elevating Ehud Barak to foreign minister, which positions him next in line to be Prime Minister. Barak is much like Rabin in that his claim to power is his military background. Barak is the most decorated soldier in Israel's history and he's also very smart. Israelis know and trust Barak...
...Patrick I. Purdon from Kirkland; John D. Heller and Eugenia Lao from Leverett; Swaine L. Chen, Steven A. Engel, and Michael J. Puri from Lowell; Jill A. Corcoran, Anne O. Decker, and Michael I. Schwartz from Mather; Emerson H. Liu, Sanjay Shetty, and Canh P. Vu from Pforzheimer; Barak Ben Gal, Manjul Bhargava, Kiran S. Kedlaya, Lenhard Lee Ng, Thinh Huy Nguyen, Adib R. Pasha, Adam Kempton Webb, Timothy P. Yu, and Noah T. Zinkin from Quincy; Steven W. Hetts, Brian D. Koh, David B. Lat, and Elizabeth J. Riemer from Winthrop...
...most productive in the morning," says Barak Ben-Gal, a junior in Quincy House. "I wake up an hour and a half before breakfast begins. [I like] the quiet. It's a private time. It lets you organize your...
...dining space, according to Barak Ben-Gal '96, secretary to Hillel's coordinating council, "allows us to celebrate Friday night Shabbat together...