Text size this story is by  Labor Party chairman Ehud Barak
apparently intends to offer MK Avishay Braverman a minister-
without-portfolio position in a bid to divide the opposition
within the party.  Labor remained divided over whether to follow
Barak into the government of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin
Netanyahu's government on Wednesday, a day after the party's
central committee approved the deal struck by Barak to bring
Labor into the coalition.  Braverman was among the seven MKs who
strongly objected to the deal. He had previously refused offers
from Barak's associates for a ministerial appointment.
Braverman, who is close to ministers Benjamin Ben Eliezer and
Isaac Herzog, said after Barak's victory Tuesday that he would
not vote against the government, despite his opposition.
Braverman on Wednesday refused to say how he would respond if
Barak offered him a ministerial position. "I fought very hard
not to enter the government. I don't want to split the party.
I've never voted against a government a