Goodbye Ehud

Showing the judgment that led to his electoral obliteration in 2001*, Ehud Barak has formed a political party:

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former prime minister Ehud Barak announced on Wednesday a return to politics as the leader of a new party in Israel’s coming national election, saying it was time to end Benjamin Netanyahu’s “corrupt leadership”.

A former armed forces chief and Israel’s most decorated soldier, Barak was prime minister from 1999 to 2001, a period in which he held unsuccessful peace talks with the Palestinians and Syria.

Commentators have pointed out that Barak can only peel off voters from Benny Gantz' Blue and White Party.

Barak's previous great ideas were unilateral withdrawal from Southern Lebanon and giving away the store to Yasser Arafat in the 2000 peace talks. 

*Arial Sharon got 60 + percent of the vote.