ISRAEL ELECTS FAILED PEACE-NIKS

Barak Elected to Head Labor Party - Barak Ravid, Yuval Azoulay and Mazal Mualem (Ha'aretz) Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak defeated MK Ami Ayalon by 34,960 to 31,100 (51% to 48%) Tuesday to capture the chairmanship of the Labor Party.

Shimon Peres Elected President of Israel (Ynet News)
Israel's Knesset on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, 83, to be the ninth president of Israel. He will take office July 15 for a seven-year term.