Jerusalem correspondent Joel Greenberg, in a Jan. 17 Washington Post dispatch, reports that the break-up of Israel's Labor Party has resulted in one faction, led by Defense Minister Ehud Barak, that will remain in the government, and another faction that is quitting the Likud-led coalition of Prime Minister Netanyahu and going into opposition ("Israeli defense minister quits Labor Party, forms centrist faction.")Greenberg acknowledges that the move, far from weakening the government, will make it more stable and coherent now that it no longer is constantly faulted from within by Labor left-wingers about lack of progress in achieving peace with the Palestinians -- a new reality that also should make it clear to Palestinian leaders that they no longer can remain on the sidelines waiting for a more accommodating ruling coalition.But Greenberg then strays from straightforward political reporting and injects his own personal assessment, mirroring the...(Read Full Post)