Left-wing Labor-Gesher-Meretz union files its slate for March election

The Labor-Gesher-Meretz union files its electoral slate for the March elections with the Central Elections Committee in the Knesset.

“The list we are now submitting is the social conscience and political compass for Israel,” says party chief and Labor chairman Amir Peretz after filing the joint slate. “This list will steer the next government and double the strength of the ‘hope and change camp.'”

Gesher chair Orly Levy-Abekasis, placed second on the slate, says, “We are joining hands for the children, for the elderly, for all Israeli society. We will do everything we can to promote the really important things. Together we will bring these issues to the forefront.”

Of the union between the three parties, Levy-Abekasis says, “We did what was needed and now we are looking forward.”

Meretz chair and the list’s no. 3 Nitzan Horowitz says, “Today we bring great hope to everyone who dreams of the left-center government. The united run will bring us back to the cabinet table and will return the left to national leadership.”

— Raoul Wootliff