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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Blue and White’s Diaspora Minister Yankelevich won’t run in next election
Diaspora Minister Omer Yanekelevich of the Blue and White party announces she won’t run in the upcoming March elections.
In her message to Blue and White members on her break from politics, she writes that “baseless lies were spread about me, but I chose to ignore the smear campaign and focus on actions.”
Most of Blue and White’s members have quit the party.

Illustrative: Blue and White party member Omer Yankelevich at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, May 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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