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PM’s rival Sa’ar hires US anti-Trump strategists to gain election edge

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Published: 26 January 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Right-wing rival wants the brains trust behind the right-wing Lincoln Project, which taunted Trump with provocative ads, to do same to Netanyahu; Merav Michaeli elected new Labor leader

Netanyahu rival hires Lincoln Project for March election (Al-Monitor)
Former Likud senior Gideon Saar hopes the veteran American strategists can help him win the next elections and topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Trump-taunting Lincoln Project is coming to Israel, but not as liberal saviours (Haaretz)
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: Fresh from what fans consider their Never Trump triumph, the Lincoln Project founders have a new mission: To help ditch Netanyahu. But you might not like what happens next

Merav Michaeli elected new Labor leader, vows to rebuild beleaguered party (Times of Israel)
MK takes 77% of leadership vote, urges storied party’s supporters to’ come home’; fellow centre-left faction heads call for alliance

Election poll: Anti-Netanyahu bloc holds majority, Labor enters the fray (Haaretz)
The anti-Netanyahu bloc maintains a 65-seat majority, but the prime minister's Likud party is still far ahead of challengers Yesh Atid and New Hope

Photo: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on a billboard in Times Square, in October, paid for by the Lincoln Project (Lincoln Project)
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