Yesh Atid will announce its final list for the Knesset this evening. Few surprises are expected. Adi Kol and Shimon Solomon announced they will not run in the coming election for the party.
The party will be the first to feature an openly lesbian candidate, Zehorit Sorek, head of the LGBT lobby in the party. Sorek will, however, be placed in a low slot, making her unlikely to become an MK. The party is currently polling at 10 seats or slightly less.
Sorek is not only openly lesbian but religious. Apart from her, Amir Ohana, head of the LGBT lobby in Likud, is the only other gay candidate. Ohana too has little chance of entering the Knesset. They are the only two openly homosexual candidates in the coming election, after Meretz MK Nitzan MK Horowitz left the party.
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