Moshe Katsav Likud Shimon Peres Kadima Indirect presidential elections were held in Israel on 13 June 2007.

She gained the backing of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who at the time was running an ultimately successful campaign to regain the leadership of the Labor Party.

[5] This came after the legislation for the "Peres Law", which would replace a secret ballot with an open one, was postponed until after the election by its creator, Kadima's Yoel Hasson.

[6] The bill was seen as a means of protecting Peres from another upset defeat, after his loss to then-little known Likud MK Moshe Katsav by a 63–57 vote in the 2000 presidential election.

[7] Nevertheless, Peres was named as Kadima's official candidate on 28 May,[8] and won the support of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the influential spiritual leader of Shas.