Intraparty

In Israel, intraparty rivalries also intensified, with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announcing that he would run for the chairmanship of the Labor Party, challenging the current leader and defense minister, Amir Peretz, in primaries on May 24.

The former president has positioned himself as an impartial elder statesman above intraparty machinations and was neutral during the 2020 Democratic primaries.

The quiet criticism, on phone calls, in group chats and during morose team meetings, was a behind-the-scenes preview of the intraparty battle to come, with Democrats quickly falling into the ideological rifts that have defined their party for much of the Trump era.