Row erupts in Israeli cabinet
06/03/2007 14:14  - (SA)  

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Jerusalem - Israel's weekly cabinet meeting was interrupted on Tuesday by a blazing row between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and defence minister Amir Peretz.

The argument between the two politicians, who have long been at loggerheads, broke out when Peretz wanted to speak about the issue of unpaid municipal workers that saw trade unionists threaten industrial action last week.

"This isn't an autocracy," Peretz was quoted by local media as yelling at the prime minister, before Olmert openly mocked the leader of the centre-left Labour party and former trade union chief.

The heated exchange provoked five-minute suspension of proceedings and underscored the shaky alliance between Olmert, who heads the centrist Kadima party, and the leader of his main coalition partner Labour.

- AFP

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