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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Gesher party

MKs vote one by one in the Knesset plenary to form committees on March 24, 2020. (Adina Veldman/Knesset)
May 17, 2020, 1:55 pm
The ministers of Israel’s 35th government
A rundown of the distribution of portfolios in the new cabinet and top Knesset positions
By ToI Staff
Gesher party leader MK Orly Levy-Abekasis registers her party's slate for the coming elections, February 21, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 11, 2020, 11:38 am
Meretz leaders savage Levy-Abekasis for ‘betrayal’ in opposing Gantz government
‘She should step down,’ demands Nitzan Horowitz after Gesher party chief ‘elected on our backs’ rejects Joint List-backed coalition; Labor chief Peretz remains conspicuously silent
By ToI Staff
Likud supporters react to the results of the exit polls at the Likud headquarters on elections night in Tel Aviv, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 3, 2020, 2:48 am
Revised polls see right-wing bloc drop to 59, tempering high hopes for Likud
Official ballot count begins, set to extend throughout night; Netanyahu declares ‘gigantic victory’ for Israel
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates in his Jerusalem office with his family and staff, after exit polls come out on March 2, 2020. American strategist Aaron Klein stands dirrectly behind him. (Twitter)
March 2, 2020, 10:29 pm
Netanyahu claims victory after exit polls predict 60 seats for the right
After hard-fought campaign seen as referendum on longtime leader’s rule, Likud predicted to win 36-37 seats, significantly more than Gantz’s Blue and White, with 32-33
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Labor leader Amir Peretz at the Labor party faction meeting at the Knesset, November 4, 2019. (Hadas Porush/Flash90)
December 28, 2019, 6:34 pm
Labor chief says will decide within 10 days on potential left-wing alliance
Amir Peretz says if center-left fails to achieve Knesset majority in next election it may lead to 4th vote; Yisrael Beytenu MK says PM’s primary win will drive voters to his party
By ToI Staff
Labor-Gesher Chairman Amir Peretz (C) and Labor party members at the party's Central Committee conference in Rishon Lezion, December 25, 2019. (Flash90)
December 25, 2019, 9:16 pm
Labor vote confirms deal with Gesher, lets Peretz reserve 2 spots on slate
Center-left party will again run on joint ticket with Orly Levy-Abekasis’s party in March elections despite opposition from key MK
By Raoul Wootliff
Labor-Gesher party leader MK Amir Peretz speaks with the media after casting his ballot at a voting station in Sderot, during the Knesset elections, on September 17, 2019. (Flash90)
December 17, 2019, 2:38 pm
Labor votes to keep Amir Peretz at helm
Center-left party will again run on joint ticket with Orly Levy-Abekasis’s Gesher in March elections, leaders decide; final vote expected Wednesday
By ToI Staff
Labor party head Amir Peretz, left, and Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis, right, announce they will again run together in parliamentary elections in March 2020, on December 15, 2019. (Courtesy Labor-Gesher)
December 15, 2019, 6:37 pm
Labor, Gesher say they’re sticking together for the March election
Mizrahi-led economically minded alliance hopes to improve its dreary ballot-box showing, says it won’t rule out any party as coalition partner
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman on May 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 3, 2019, 2:49 pm
Liberman eyes premiership, ambivalent about rotating top spot with Netanyahu
As Yisrael Beytenu strengthens in polls, party leader says he is interested in holding post of prime minister but it’s an ‘option rather than an obsession’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference hosted by the Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem's Old City on June 27, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
August 3, 2019, 7:28 am
Netanyahu may look to enlist Yisrael Beytenu or Labor-Gesher in coalition
Following registration of all parties running in September vote, and in light of recent polls, premier still left with no easy path to forming government
By ToI Staff
Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis (L) and Labor head Amir Peretz announcing their joint run in the September election, in Tel Aviv, July 18, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
July 31, 2019, 8:21 pm
Labor approves union with Gesher, definitively rules out any further mergers
Deal between parties dashes hopes for formation of wider left-wing slate to oppose Netanyahu; Peretz claims such an alliance would have been the easy, but less worthwhile, path
By ToI Staff
Israel Democratic Party chair Ehud Barak (L), former Labor MK Stav Shaffir (C), Meretz chair Nitzan Horowitz, July 25, 2019. (Courtesy)
July 25, 2019, 7:40 am
Meretz, former PM Barak, Labor defector Shaffir announce joint Knesset run
Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz will head left-wing electoral list, followed by Shaffir; Barak to take number 10 spot but would be first ministerial pick
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
Labor leader Amir Peretz (L), Gesher leader Orly Levy-Abekasis (2L), and other Labor lawmakers at the party's campaign launch in Tel Aviv on July 24, 2019 (Omer Sharvit)
July 24, 2019, 6:39 pm
Fresh cracks form in Labor as left-wing parties said to ramp up merger efforts
Party No. 2 Itzik Shmuli calls decision by Amir Peretz to rule out joining with Meretz or Barak ‘irresponsible’ and a ‘dangerous gamble’
By ToI Staff and Raoul Wootliff
Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis (L) and Labor head Amir Peretz announcing their joint run in the September election, in Tel Aviv, July 18, 2019. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
July 22, 2019, 12:42 pm
Amid ire at Labor leader’s merger strategy, party denies covering Gesher’s debts
Amir Peretz has vowed not to join with Meretz or Israel Democratic Party, but MK Stav Shaffir, pushing for unity, hints she would leave to lead a combination of both
By Stuart Winer
Amir Peretz delivers a speech at a Labor party conference in Tel Aviv on January 10, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 21, 2019, 11:21 am
Labor chief Peretz rules out alliance with left-wing Meretz, Barak
After pivot to the center with Gesher, Peretz says a hard-left partnership would have ‘put up walls that prevent new groups from joining us’
By ToI Staff
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