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Labor head ends merger with Meretz, eyes move to joining government

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Published: 7 April 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As Amir Peretz is savaged by colleagues over decision, Labor MK Merav Michaeli fights to thwart him; Yair Lapid dreams of running for PM in his own right

Labor head ends merger with Meretz, in move toward joining government (Times of Israel)
MKs from the more leftist faction savage Amir Peretz over the move, call him ‘an opportunist and a con man’ for apparently breaking promise to not sit under Netanyahu

Israel’s Lapid back in race to lead Israel (Al-Monitor)
Now that the Blue and White alliance has been dismantled, Yair Lapid is free to pursue his old dream of premiership.

One Labor MK tries to save party that founded Israel from ‘utter self-destruction’ (Times of Israel)
Bidding to arrange a vote in Labor’s Central Committee, Merav Michaeli fights to thwart leader Amir Peretz’s move to join a Netanyahu-led coalition

Photo: Labor Party leader Amir Peretz (right) and Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz at a press conference in Tel Aviv on March 12 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
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