Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrives for the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on April 26, 2009. A split appeared within the Israeli government of hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu on possible peace negotiations with Syria, with two senior ministers at odds over the issue. Defence Minister Ehud Barak told reporters that Israel had an interest in holding talks with Syria, in an apparent rebuke to comments made by firebrand Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman the day before. Getty Images logo Getty Images 7 months ago

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrives for the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on April 26, 2009. A split appeared within the Israeli government of hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu on possible peace negotiations with Syria, with two senior ministers at odds over the issue. Defence Minister Ehud Barak told reporters that Israel had an interest in holding talks with Syria, in an apparent rebuke to comments made by firebrand Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman the day before.

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