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Follow Feb. 2, 2021 Diaspora Affairs Minister and coronavirus cabinet member Omer Yankelevich announced on Tuesday that she will not be running in the March 23 election, becoming the latest in a long string of Kahol Lavan Knesset members and ministers to leave the party. In a Facebook post, Yankelevich wrote that she had notified party leader Benny Gantz that she would not be running in the upcoming election about a month ago. "I personally paid a heavy price," she wrote. "Baseless lies were spread about me, but I chose to ignore the smear campaign and focus on productivity and my true call t...

9 shares Labor party leader Merav Michaeli votes in the party primaries on February 1, 2021. (Courtesy of the Labor Party) Israel’s Labor party held primaries Monday to choose who will be on its slate for the coming March elections, days after MK Merav Michaeli won the leadership primary and secured the top spot. Following a surge of some 8,000 new members amid Michaeli’s victory — which has seen a mini-revival for Labor in the polls — 45,093 people were eligible to vote in the primary, casting their ballots via the internet or at nine polling stations. They each chose five to s...

Once Proud Labor Party Seeking to Regain Momentum Uri Cohen After tumultuous several years, revitalized party holds primary elections with 45,000 party members voting Israel’s rejuvenated Labor party held its primary elections on Monday, exactly 50 days before voters across the country head to the polls for the fourth time in two years in the hopes of finally ending Israel’s ongoing political stalemate. One week after electing its new chairwoman, former TV personality and eight-year member of Knesset Merav Michaeli, the oldest party in politics formed its list of candidates for the upco...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio After Israel's 2020 election, Michaeli refused to join Netanyahu's government, and split from Peretz and Shmuli, who opted for cabinet positions, despite campaign promises not to do so. "The Labor Party is leaving the corrupt Netanyahu-Gantz government," Michaeli said. "I told Peretz and Shmuli they must resign immediately. The Labor Party is starting over." Open gallery view Former Labor Chairman Amir Peretz votes at the party's primary election in Sderot, January 24, 2021.Credit: Eliyahu Hershkovitz It remains unclear whether both mi...

Blue & White MK Shefa to run in Labor primaries, quit Knesset Education Committee Moran Azulay | Published: 01.25.21 , 16:42 Blue & White MK Ram Shefa announced Monday that he will quit both the party and his position as head of Knesset's Education Committee to run in Labor's party slate primaries. Sources said that Shefa's decision came following MK Mirav Michaeli's win of Labor's leadership Sunday. comment