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 must labor for Middle East peace

Peace in the Middle East can still become a reality if the Labor parties win upcoming elections and form coalition governments.

JUNE 4, 2018ByAVRAHAM SHAMA
Avi Gabbay, the new leader of Israel's centre-left Labor party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv

Primaries bill set for final vote without controversial clause

“Knesset members should represent the interests of the public and not of those who write them checks,” says Coalition chairman.

DECEMBER 24, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
The Labor primary election, July 4 2017.

Knesset advances controversial primaries bill

The bill would provide funding even for those parties that do not hold primaries – to the tune of NIS 50,000 for every mandate they received in the most recent national election.

DECEMBER 12, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
David Amsalem

Avi Gabbay’s Labor pangs

The new opposition leader’s uniqueness lies not in his social roots, but in his corporate career and political virginity.

OCTOBER 20, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Avi Gabbay, the leader of Israel's centre-left Labour party, delivers his victory speech after winning the Labour party primary runoff, at an event in Tel Aviv, Israel July 10, 2017.

Peretz opposes Gabbay’s plan to expand power

Peretz lost to Gabbay in the July 10 Labor leadership race and maintains a large camp in the party. He became the first MK to announce his opposition to the plan.

AUGUST 24, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Amir Peretz

Former PM, Labor leader deny political deal

Former prime minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak and current party leader Avi Gabbay address recent rumors of political partnership.

AUGUST 15, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Former prime minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak and current party leader Avi Gabbay.

Lapid lets us see him sweat

After Gabbay won the Labor Party leadership primary 10 days ago, Yesh Atid dropped in the subsequent polls and Labor surpassed the party by far.

JULY 20, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
YAIR LAPID. After Avi Gabbay won the Labor leadership primary last Monday, Yesh Atid dropped in the polls.

Is Israel's Avi Gabbay the next France's Emmanuel Macron?

Both Labor leader-elect Avi Gabbay and French President Macron have political careers that are less than a decade old.

JULY 11, 2017ByISABEL FEINSTEIN
French President Emmanuel Macron and Labor party leader Avi Gabbay

Gabbay: Ready for war against Netanyahu

Newly elected Labor leader vows to double party membership before next elections.

JULY 11, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Avi Gabbay delivers his victory speech after winning the Labor Party primaries

Analysis: Israel’s New Labor emerges victorious

What does the future have in store for the new head of the Labor party, Avi Gabbay?

JULY 10, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Avi Gabbay