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Topic: Labor primaries

November 30, 2012
11:54 am

National Student Union chairman Itzik Shmuli, right, one of the leaders of the summer 2011 social justice protests, shakes hands with Shelly Yachimovich as he joins the Labor Party on October 17. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Full results of Labor Party primaries

Yachimovich allies win big; journalist Merav Michaeli provides biggest surprise with fifth-place finish

By Times of Israel staff

November 30, 2012
10:45 am

Labor chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich casts her vote in Labor party primaries, November 30, 2012 (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

New Labor list brings in fresh faces, party leader says government is ‘blind’ to what’s happening in region

Party’s slate includes former head of IDF’s most elite commando unit, Kadima defectors and leaders of the social protest movement; Likud describes roster as ‘extreme leftist’

By Yoel Goldman

November 30, 2012
1:27 am

Labor chairman Shelly Yachimovich casts her vote during her party’s central primary convention at a polling station . Around 63,000 party members are eligible to vote in the primary, determining the placement on the Labor ticket of the 83 candidates. The results are not expected before early Friday morning. November 29 2012. (photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Labor elects Knesset slate; results to be released Friday morning

Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich hopes for good results for social protest leaders; Amir Peretz says party should treat peace process as electoral asset

By Raphael Ahren

November 29, 2012
6:31 am

Shelly Yachimovich speaks during the Labor party's Central Committee meeting in Tel Aviv on October 30, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)

Labor heads to the ballot box with fears of irrelevance and a dovish slide

Shortage of candidates with security credentials harms resurgent socioeconomic-focused party, and Shelly Yachimovich fears her slate will mirror Likud’s tilt rightward

By Raphael Ahren

November 27, 2012
6:05 pm

A Likud voter at a computerized voting station (photo credit: Gideon Markowitcz/Flash90)

After Likud primary snags, Labor to skip electronic balloting

Computer system used by Likud to be replaced with old-fashioned pen and paper

By Aaron Kalman

October 30, 2012
1:30 pm

Journalist and TV-presenter Merav Michaeli (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

TV personality Merav Michaeli joins Labor in Knesset run

Feminist activist pledges to work for the ‘empowerment of women and for other disadvantaged sectors’

By Gabe Fisher

October 25, 2012
1:39 pm

Reform movement head Gilad Kariv (photo credit: CC BY Gilad Kariv/Facebook)

Bidding to advance religious pluralism, head of Reform movement joins Labor Party

Gilad Kariv, 39, would be the first Reform rabbi MK and a small counter to the Orthdox presence

By Times of Israel staff and JTA

October 17, 2012
9:01 pm

Jerusalem Venture Partners founder and managing partner, Erel Margalit (Photo by Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

VC giant Erel Margalit to seek Knesset seat with Labor

Social protest leader Itzik Shmuli also joins Labor ahead of upcoming elections

By Gabe Fisher