Analysis: Prime Minister Ehud Barak resigns, with new elections to be scheduled, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to be a candidate

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Analysis: Prime Minister Ehud Barak resigns, with new elections to be scheduled, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will attempt to be a candidate

Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

ALEX CHADWICK, host:

The United States is not the only country in political turmoil. Israeli politics were turned upside down over the weekend with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Barak and the sudden return to the political stage of his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu. NPR's Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem.

LINDA GRADSTEIN reporting:

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