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

Who will be Israeli opposition leader if Gabbay wins Labor race?

The law states that an MK from the largest opposition party will be opposition leader, unless most MKs in the opposition vote to choose a different lawmaker.

JULY 5, 2017ByLAHAV HARKOV
Avi Gabbay and supporters at the Labor primary election, July 4 2017.

Israel's trade union head endorses Peretz in Labor race

Peretz: Netanyahu should start worrying.

JULY 5, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Amir Peretz

Labor loses its head again

Former environmental protection minister Avi Gabbay will face off in a runoff against MK Amir Peretz in a contest that is completely up for grabs.

JULY 4, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Isaac Herzog

Peretz and Gabbay to face off in Labor primary runoff

Herzog dethroned as Labor leader, coming in third with less that 17% of the vote.

JULY 4, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Gabbay and Peretz

Labor challengers brave the heat in primary race

Asked whether he is concerned that the current heat wave would keep Labor members at home, MK Erel Margalit said "the Jewish people made it through 40 years in the desert."

JULY 4, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
MK Erel Margalit and his wife Debbie arrive to vote at the Labor primary election, July 4 2017

Polls open in Labor Party primary

If Herzog gets reelected, he would make history, becoming the first Labor leader to be reelected since the 1980s, before Labor adopted the primary system.

JULY 3, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Ballot boxes for Zionist Union primary elections

Sole female candidate quits Labor race

Dina Dayan's departure leaves Labor with seven candidates.

JULY 3, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Dina Dayan

Think about it: The Labor Party leadership primaries

What the Labor Party needs, in order to remain a central player in the political game, is a charismatic leader who is not perceived as a leftie par excellence.

JULY 2, 2017BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Isaac Herzog

Levine quits Labor leadership race, endorses Gabbay

Speaking at a hastily called press conference at Tel Aviv's Beit Sokolow, Levine said Labor requires new leadership.

JUNE 23, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Amiram Levin

Herzog: Netanyahu won't deliver what Trump needs to close the deal

Opposition leader says ISIS killed Hadas Malka in Jerusalem on the prime minister's watch.

JUNE 22, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog speaks to the press