MK Shimon Peres (Kadima) said in a Monday interview with Channel 1 that he had "no intention of becoming prime minister".

He said that even if he was offered the position right now, his stance would remain the same.function initServerVars() {_headup.clientHost = 'http://newstopics.jpost.com';_headup.termsFromServer = 0;_headup.annotatedTerms = 0;_headup.widgetMode = 'snippet';_headup.snippetButtonStyle = 'banner';_headup.blackListedUrl = false;}