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Labor MK Amir Peretz to contend for party leadership
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLabor MK Amir Peretz announces he will run for the leadership of the opposition party ahead of general elections scheduled on September 17.
Peretz, who led Labor from 2005-2007, was defeated by current party chief Avi Gabbay during leadership elections in 2017.
Gabbay announced earlier today he would hold a vote for party chair but not primaries for Labor’s electoral slate. He has come under fire from party members since Labor slumped to a historic low of six seats after Knesset elections in April, with criticism of him continuing to grow in recent days after it emerged he entertained a deal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join the prospective government.
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