Labor chief Avi Gabbay announces he will not run in the next election, and will leave politics.
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Israel‘s Labor Chief Gabbay Announces He Won‘t Seek Reelection
Nonetheless, Gabbay said he is not leaving the party and intends to reserve the No. 2 spot on the party‘s slate, which had been occupied by Tal Rousso, for himself in the next election.
Will Israel‘s Left Wing Form an Alliance Ahead of the New Election? First, Heads Need to Roll
„The present need calls for a big and significant left-wing bloc alongside the center,“ said Zandberg, repeating a similar call she made before the last election, which Gabbay rejected after polls held by both parties at the time showed a merger wouldn‘t increase their total number of seats.
Zandberg‘s rushed proposal also signals to left-wing voters that if such a union never comes, the fault would rest with Labor.
Other Labor member do not support a union with Meretz. „In the Labor Party‘s current condition, we need to join Kahol Lavan and run on a joint slate,“ said one of the party‘s lawmakers.
Labor‘s Gabbay ‚Won‘t Say‘ He Wouldn‘t Join a Netanyahu Government After Israel‘s Election
‚You never know which circumstances you‘ll find yourself in,‘ party leader tells Channel 12, arguing he hadn‘t lied to his voters in holding coalition talks with the premier