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Sunday, January 13, 2019
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
Lapid, Livni in merger talks to form center-left bloc — report
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid and Hatnua chairwoman Tzipi Livni are in serious talks to merge their two parties into a broad center-left bloc ahead of the elections.
The two have met several times over the past week after Labor chair Avi Gabbay ended his partnership with Livni on live television and broke up the Zionist Union.
According to the Haaretz daily, Livni has agreed to cede the number one spot on such a merger list with Lapid.
The Yesh Atid chairman is reportedly seeking to unite with Livni after failing to bring in voters from the center-right over the past three years.
Lapid hopes that if enough voters are attracted to a Lapid-Livni list, he will be able to court former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz, Haaretz reports.
