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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Israel Democratic Party

(Left side) Democratic Camp party leaders Nitzan Horowitz and Stav Shafir at faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush /Flash90) (Right side) 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 22, 2019, 8:42 pm
Failure to unite threatens survival of left-wing parties in March elections
Both Democratic Camp and Labor enter another campaign flirting with electoral threshold; while some want them to merge, internal politics threaten further division
By Jacob Magid
Labor chief Amir Peretz at the opening of the party's new election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on July 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2019, 7:45 pm
Labor ‘looks certain’ to run independently of left-wing union, party sources say
Amir Peretz said to have ‘made up his mind’ about leading the storied faction to September’s election alone, ‘regardless of what others in the party think’
By Raoul Wootliff
Screen capture from video of Democratic Camp member Ehud Barak appealing for parties in the left camp to unite ahead of Knesset elections, July 30, 2019. (Twitter)
July 30, 2019, 6:29 pm
Barak urges union of all center-left parties on combined slate for elections
Democratic Camp’s ex-PM says his party would join any alliance with the common goal of changing history
By ToI Staff
Stav Shaffir speaks during a press conference announcing the Democratic Camp in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 30, 2019, 6:10 pm
Turning full attention to Democratic Camp, Stav Shaffir resigns from Knesset
MK gives up her seat after former colleagues in Labor criticize her decision to orchestrate Meretz-Barak merger; spot to be filled by ex-lawmaker Merav Michaeli
By ToI Staff
Retired major general Yair Golan at a conference held at the Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on July 7, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2019, 6:00 pm
A general’s warning: Yair Golan says only Democratic Camp can mend Israel’s ills
No.3 on the left-wing union’s slate says the party can enlarge the center-left, unseat Netanyahu, and ‘continue the disengagement’ by, in principle, setting Israel’s borders
By Raoul Wootliff
Nitzan Horowitz, leader of Meretz party and of the Democratic Camp, speaks at an election campaign event in Tel Aviv on July 28, 2019. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
July 29, 2019, 12:39 am
Meretz central committee approves merger with Barak’s Israel Democratic Party
Left-wing Democratic Camp alliance commits to strive for two-state solution, not to join right-wing government, and to cancel Jewish nation-state law
By ToI Staff
Labor chief Amir Peretz at the opening of the party's new election headquarters in Tel Aviv, on July 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 26, 2019, 10:31 pm
Despite stated opposition, Labor head said mulling merger with Democratic Camp
TV quotes Amir Peretz expressing willingness to join alliance if it will secure center-left majority in Knesset; Blue and White said to offer spot on slate to Labor’s Shmuli
By ToI Staff
Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz, right, Israel Democratic Party chief Ehud Barak, left, and MK Stav Shaffir hold a press conference announcing their new alliance, the Democratic Camp, ahead of the September 17 elections, in Tel Aviv on July 25, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2019, 7:29 pm
New left-wing alliance vows to counter Netanyahu’s ‘racism, corruption’
Democratic Camp slate unites Meretz, Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party, and Labor lawmaker Stav Shaffir in a ‘first step toward getting Israel back on track’
By ToI Staff
Amir Peretz (R) and Avi Gabbay (L). (AFP Photo/Jack Guez and Ozan Kose)
July 25, 2019, 5:55 pm
Report: Labor officials turn to ex-chair Gabbay to help oust leader Peretz
With the recently elected chair refusing to consider merger with newly formed Democratic Camp, some in party said to fear he is ‘endangering its existence’
By ToI Staff
People walk near election campaign posters showing Labor party leader Amir Peretz, left, and Ehud Barak, right, at the entrance of Jerusalem on July 17, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 25, 2019, 12:03 pm
Meretz-Barak merger praised on left as Labor pressured to join in
Some say alliance with former PM and Labor defector waters down Meretz’s left-wing brand; Labor’s No. 2 indicates he may also jump ship, which could lead to party’s total collapse
By Stuart Winer
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
Ehud Barak, head of the Israel Democratic Party speaks during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv on July 17, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
July 24, 2019, 8:06 pm
Thoughts of premiership dashed, Barak clings to hopes of center-left bloc
Apologizing for the October 2000 riots, Israel Democratic Party leader hopes to prove he can head a merger with Meretz. He doesn’t have many other choices
By Shalom Yerushalmi
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
Former PM Ehud Barak speaks during a press conference announcing the establishment of a new political party in Tel Aviv, June 26, 2019. (Flash90)
July 23, 2019, 6:34 pm
Barak apologizes for deaths of Arab protesters during October 2000 riots
Amid talks of merger between left-wing parties, ex-PM complies with Meretz MK’s request he take responsibility for state’s response to demonstrations while he was in office
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 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
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