Peres may join Sharon’s party
Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres may leave the Labour Party that ousted him as its leader and join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new centrist list, a spokesman for Peres said on Monday. The defection of the 82-year-old Peres would represent a vote of confidence by the Nobel peace laureate in Sharon’s oft-repeated pledge to make “painful concessions” for peace with the Palestinians. Full Story