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Sharon, Barak Agree to Unity Government
Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and Ehud Barak agreed on formation of a unity government Thursday, with Barak's party saying it will get the top posts: the foreign and defense ministries. Barak will be defense minister and elder statesman Shimon Peres foreign minister in a unity government headed by Sharon, Labor Party secretary Raanan Cohen said.
Sharon and Barak met for two hours Thursday and Barak �� who was resoundingly defeated by Sharon only last week �� accepted Sharon's offer of the top Cabinet post, Cohen said.
"With the appointment of Ehud Barak on the one hand and Shimon Peres on the other, this will be a government which will determine all the diplomatic policy," Cohen told Israel television.
Barak's office said that a decision was made to set up a unity government with details to be worked out.
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