Labor primaries

Middle Israel: How Likud’s primaries poisoned Israeli politics - opinion

The 18-year fencing match between Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin came to a sudden end, thanks to an invention Israel had never seen: primary elections. 

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and the female ministers in the government pose for a photo with visiting German chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this year.

Likud's use of reserved slots keep the number of women MKs low - opinion

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's use of reserved slots in Israel's Likud Party has become the focus of bitter competition among women.

|ByGIDEON RAHAT, CHEN FRIEDBERG
LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Israel elections: How are Likud and Labor primaries significant? - opinion

One thing is certain: neither the list elected last week in the Labor Party, nor the one elected in the Likud would have been imaginable back in the 1990s.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli with Labor party Mk Naama Lazimi and Yaya Fink after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022.

Labor’s primary winner: Naama who? - analysis

This time around, Labor’s No. 2 -- if the party’s primary results are honored and there are no unexpected outside figures parachuted to the top 2 slots in the list -- will be filled by  Naama Lazimi.

|ByHERB KEINON

Labor primaries: Here are the winners and the losers

Lazimi, Kariv, Rayten win big in Labor primary

AUGUST 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli with MK's and party members after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022.

Israel elections: What to look out for in the Labor primary - analysis

The Labor party primary includes 34 candidates. The first spot on its list is reserved for Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, who won the party leadership election on July 18.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Labor leader Merav Michaeli is seen at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2022.

Labor and Likud primaries may be postponed over security concerns

Both primaries are for the parties' lists for the Knesset and not for the lead of the party.

AUGUST 7, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Israel's Labor Party holds primaries ahead of the March 2021 elections.

Michaeli first to win Labor primary twice, will lead party in election

Merav Michaeli's back-to-back primary victories were the first ever since the Labor party began its holding primary elections in the early 90s.

JULY 18, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Merav Michaeli elected as Labor leader, July, 18, 2022.

Michaeli, challenger Eran Hermoni to face-off for Labor lead on Monday

Michaeli is expected to win decisively, according to two sources in the party. The question is how big a margin she will win by.

JULY 12, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Labor leader Merav Michaeli is seen at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2022.

Grapevine February 3, 20201: A gracious rival

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 2, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to Romania, David Saranga.

Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv in realistic fourth slot in Labor

The list will be headed by Labor leader Merav Michaeli, followed by former MK Omer Bar-Lev, who is a former commander of the elite IDF unit Sayeret Matkal.

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
A poster promoting Rabbi Gilad Kariv

Labor on last legs becomes laughing stock - analysis

Michaeli, Herzog, Shochat prevented from voting as party that founded state becomes mockery

JANUARY 24, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israel's Labor Party holds primaries ahead of the March 2021 elections.

Labor to elect new leader, again

There are seven candidates for the 37,104 eligible Labor party members to choose from, with current MK Merav Michaeli strongly placed ahead of a field of less well-known candidates.

JANUARY 23, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
The Labor party announces the results of the primaries February 11, 2019

Ethiopian immigrant joins Labor leadership race

Candidates also include MK, casino millionaire, adman and belly dancer

JANUARY 21, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Yitzhak Time, candidate for leader of the Labor Party