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Head of Israel’s Labor Says Party Supports ‘Improved’ Iran Deal, Calls Netanyahu Approach a...

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The head of Israel’s opposition Labor party said Tuesday that it would support a revamped nuclear agreement with Iran, and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has failed on the issue. Speaking at a virtual event...
Israel's new Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli, at a polling station in Tel Aviv on Jan. 24, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel’s new Labor Party leader pulls out of unity government

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Newly elected Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli announced Monday that her party is pulling out of Israel’s unity government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Michaeli, who won the party primaries on Sunday with 77 percent of...
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.

Merav Michaeli elected head of Israel’s struggling Labor Party

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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...
Labor-Gesher Party chairman Amir Peretz speaks during a vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset in Jerusalem on Dec. 11, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Labor Party to join Netanyahu-Gantz government

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Israel’s left-wing Labor Party, headed by Amir Peretz, on Sunday agreed to join the Netanyahu-Gantz unity government following a majority vote in favor by its central committee. Though veering from campaign promises against joining a...
Blue and White Party Benny Gantz holds a press conference at the Kfar Maccabiah Hotel in Ramat Gan on March 7, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Did Gantz do the right thing?

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Some friends whose opinions I respect have reacted against my support (for what it’s worth) for the so-called unity government. They do not seem to believe that Benny Gantz did the right thing by...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz speaks to supporters at the party's headquarters in Tel Aviv on election night, March 3, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Blue and White Party in talks to merge with Labor Party

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After Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz announced that talks are underway to merge with the Blue and White Party headed by Benny Gantz, the Knesset Arrangements Committee approved the breakup of the Labor-Meretz union...
Meretz Party chair Nitzan Horowitz, former Israeli prime minister and leader of Israel Democratic Party Ehud Barak and Israeli MK Stav Shaffir hold a press conference in Tel Aviv announcing their newly formed Democratic Camp political alliance, on July 25, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Can Israel’s new left-wing alliance shift the political landscape?

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With the deadline to file party lists ahead of the September election fast approaching, a major shake-up within Israel’s leftist could bolster its camp after weak results in the April election. On Thursday, the newly...
Tamar Zandberg and Issawi Frej of the Meretz party arrive for a meeting with Israeli president Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 16, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

New Left-wing bloc to feature Meretz, Barak and Labor breakaway Shaffir

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Former prime minister Ehud Barak, Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz and breakaway Labor Knesset member Stav Shaffir have announced the creation of a new left-wing bloc—the Democratic Camp—following two nights of marathon meetings. “The founders of...
Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz visits a monument dedicated to late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Tel Aviv on July 1, 2019. Photo by Roy Alima/Flash90.

Knesset member Amir Peretz wins Labor Party leadership

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Despite the lowest voter turnout in the history of Labor Party primaries, Knesset member Amir Peretz was chosen Tuesday to lead the once-powerful faction as it gears up for elections in September. Just 46 percent...
A press conference in Tel Aviv presenting a plan for the rehabilitation of the Labor Party, May 19, 2019. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

What happened to Israel’s Labor Party … and why?

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Avi Gabbay, chairman of Israel’s Labor Party, has announced that he is leaving politics after just two years as the party’s leader, and the scramble has begun to replace him with the party at...