MK Shelly Yachimovich (Labor) boycotts the Zionist Union faction meeting and says “the continued two-headed leadership by [Isaac] Herzog and [Tzipi] Livni castrates the leadership of the opposition and has no democratic, practical or ideological validity.”
According to a report in the Ynet news site, Yachimovich, who stayed away from the faction meeting after she realized it would be opened by Herzog and Livni as partners, said, “I respect Livni and expect a fruitful collaboration with her, but I have one chairman and his name is Herzog.”
Zionist Union is an amalgamation of Labor and Hatnua, a small party that was led by Tzipi Livni. Yachimovich, No. 3 on the party’s list, would have been second in command had Livni not been automatically given the second slot upon announcing that her party would run in the election on a joint ticket with Labor.
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