LABOR LEADER AMIR PERETZ MAKES AN ELECTION COMMERCIAL FOR THE UPCOMING ISRAELI ELECTION
Leader Amir Peretz, center, laughs with party members during the filming of an election campaign television commercial in a studio in Givataim, Israel,February 27, 2006. They are, L-R, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Ophir Pines-Paz, Avishai Braverman and Itzhak Herzog. Israel will head to the polls on March 28 to select a new leader. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)
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