The Labor Party announces the party’s long-awaited leadership primaries will be held on July 3, with a possible second-round vote, if no candidate passes the 40 percent threshold, on July 13.
The move sends Israel’s troubled main opposition party, which hasn’t won an election in 18 years, into a fierce contest, with at least seven candidates expected to run. These are: incumbent party leader MK Isaac Herzog, former high-tech entrepreneur MK Erel Margalit, former party leader MK Amir Peretz, MK Omer Barlev, former environmental protection minister Avi Gabbai, MK Eitan Cabel and activist-journalist Eldad Yaniv.
The sudden announcement may be an attempt to hurt outsider Gabbai’s chances, as the announcement closes the voter list of eligible primary voters on February 28. Gabbai only joined the party in late December and is still working hard to bring his supporters into the party’s ranks. Anyone who wasn’t registered as a full-fledged party member by February 28 will now not be able to vote in the primary race.
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