Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak plans to begin coalition negotiations this week by inviting representatives from all parties in the Knesset to describe their vision of what the goals and composition of the next government should be, the head of Barak’s negotiating team said Sunday. David Libai, justice minister in the previous Labor government, said party representatives would be invited in order of their size in the incoming Knesset, starting with those parties that supported or were neutral on Barak’s bid for prime minister.
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