Amir Peretz Ehud Barak A leadership election was held by the Israeli Labor Party on 12 June 2007, to elect the party's new leader, due to internal dissatisfaction with the incumbent chairman Amir Peretz.

[1] Five candidates ran in the election: Ehud Barak attempted to return to politics,[2] this time after the move of Shimon Peres to Kadima,[3] while Ami Ayalon announced his ambition to become prime minister.

[7] When Yisrael Beiteinu joined the coalition and Avigdor Lieberman was appointed minister, Pines-Paz resigned from the government.

Ehud Barak won a slim victory in the party primary, beating Ayalon, former head of the Shin Bet domestic security service.

Both candidates polled well ahead of Peretz, but neither gained the requisite 40-percent margin of victory for an outright win.