Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party
Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party
The new Labor leader says her first move will be to exit the coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Labor Party Knesset member Merav Michaeli casts her vote in the primary election at a polling station in Tel Aviv on Jan. 24, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
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(January 25, 2021 / JNS) Israel’s Labor Party on Sunday elected as its new leader Knesset member Merav Michaeli. Michaeli won 77 percent of the approximately 10,000 votes in the party’s primary, held ahead of the country’s March 23 Knesset elections, the fourth round in two years.
JERUSALEM - Israel's Labor Party on Sunday chose Merav Michaeli, a veteran lawmaker and former journalist, as its new leader ahead of March elections.Michae
JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's Labor Party on Sunday chose Merav Michaeli, a veteran lawmaker and former journalist, as its new leader ahead of March elections. Michaeli, 54, faces a difficult.