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  Ehud Barak
Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister of Israel brought new hope to many Israelis, after three years of pain since the death of Yitzhak Rabin.
With Barak as Prime Minister, the country demanded a renewal of the peace process

However that vanished quickly with an unworkable government and a peace process that turned quickly into the new intifada.
Barak with no choice called new elections and Arial Sharon became the new prime minister, leave the "Left" in Israel in disarr
ay. Now "Bibi" is back again.