Netanyahu returns home to confront party mutineers

Netanyahu returns home to

confront party mutineers

The Israeli Prime, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, returned home from a trip to the US and Britain to mount a counter-offensive against rebellious leaders in his ruling Likud party bent on driving him from power. They urged that he be deposed after a party convention last week rescinded primary elections to choose parliamentary candidates.

A Netanyahu aide, David Bar-Illan, said the mutiny posed "no threat" to his leadership but the feud was expected to make his premiership vulnerable as he faces struggles over the budget and on issues related to the peace process. - Reuters, Jerusalem