Tag: Labor Party
Labor’s Avi Gabbay steps down as leader, announces retirement from politics
The head of Israel’s Labor Party, Avi Gabbay, announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down as party leader and will retire from politics ahead of the September elections.
“The party is in a great...
Labor leader Avi Gabbay says he will not vie for party leadership again
Labor leader Avi Gabbay will not seek to retain leadership of the party in next month’s primary race, he announced on Tuesday.
“To my supporters, to my friends, to my partners and to my dear...
Former PM Ehud Barak poised to announce Labor leadership bid
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is close to making a final decision on whether he will run for the leadership of the Labor party.
Over the past 24 hours, Barak has spoken with a...
How the party that founded the state wound up on life support
On Nov. 22, 1965, members of the sixth Kness—et met for the first, historic meeting in the new Knesset building, which was nearly complete. One hundred and twenty members of the newly elected Knesset...
Meretz head calls on leftist Labor Knesset members to unite around party
Meretz Party chairwoman Tamar Zandberg has called on Labor lawmakers from the Labor Party and others on the left to join forces with Meretz to ensure their focus is on left-wing ideology.
“Meretz is the...
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s apology
“I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks to suppress their rights or to exterminate them.”
This was the...