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Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Knesset House Committee approves dissolution of Zionist Union
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Knesset’s House Committee officially dissolves the Zionist Union into the Labor and Hatnuah parties that formerly made up the center-left alliance.
The motion, which is “in accordance with the agreement signed between the Labor and the Hatenua parties on the eve of the elections to the 20th Knesset” means that the 24 seat union will split into 18 Zionist Union MKs and six Hatenua lawmakers.
In the latest development to shake up Israel’s political scene ahead of April’s election, Labor party leader Gabbay announced earlier Tuesday, as Livni sat at his side, that he was dissolving his partnership with her, the two will not be running together, and he was disbanding the Labor-Hatnua partnership that constituted the Zionist Union.
— With Raoul Wootliff
The Times of Israel Community.