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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Labor-Gesher party

Labor MK Merav Michaeli (Hadas Parush/Flash90).
April 1, 2020, 7:19 pm
1 Labor MK tries to save party that founded Israel from ‘utter self-destruction’
Bidding to arrange a vote in Labor’s Central Committee, Merav Michaeli fights to thwart leader Amir Peretz’s move to join a Netanyahu-led coalition
By Raoul Wootliff
MK Orly Levy-Abekasis at a Knesset House Committee meeting, March 15, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 17, 2020, 6:11 pm
Renegade MK files breakaway request from Labor-Meretz after U-turn on Joint List
Orly Levy-Abekasis asks to be deemed a separate faction, days after walking back support for minority government backed by the left-wing slate she ran with
By Jacob Magid
MK Orly Levy-Abekasis speaks during a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in the Jerusalem International Convention Center (ICC) on September 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 13, 2020, 12:29 pm
Gesher’s Levy-Abekasis calls for unity gov’t; won’t back any candidate for PM
MK who ran in Labor-Gesher-Meretz says left-wingers angry at her refusal to back minority coalition should show ‘humility,’ claims she helped save Meretz party from oblivion
By ToI Staff
Blue and White MKs Ofer Shelah (L) and Avi Nissenkorn hold talks with Joint List MKS Mtanes Shihadeh, Ahmad Tibi, Aida Touma-Sliman and Mansour Abbas in the Knesset on March 11, 2020. (Courtesy)
March 11, 2020, 7:20 pm
Joint List holds talks with Blue and White on giving Gantz nod for PM
Arab-majority alliance says sides discussed cooperating on legislative issues and who they will recommend to president next week
By Jacob Magid
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, left, and Labor party leader Amir Peretz meet to discuss coalition talks, on March 11, 2020. (Blue and White/Elad Malka)
March 11, 2020, 2:54 pm
Gantz, Peretz press ahead with center-left coalition bid despite setbacks
Blue and White, Labor heads look to ‘harness all partners in political system’ – apparent reference to Arab-majority parties – to avoid 4th election; Liberman: No change on stance
By ToI Staff
Labor-Gesher party member Itzik Shmuli seen during a meeting outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 20, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 3, 2020, 11:06 pm
Lackluster showing sparks calls for ‘soul searching’ in left-wing alliance
Tamar Zandberg and Itzik Shmuli lament Labor-Gesher-Meretz’s projected 7 seats, though others praise merger for saving all three factions from falling under threshold
By ToI Staff
The heads of the Gesher, Labor and Meretz party, Orly Levy, Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz at the party headquarters on elections night, in Tel Aviv on March 2, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
March 3, 2020, 1:18 am
Downcast Labor-Gesher-Meretz blames Blue and White for projected poor showing
Poised for humiliating result, Amir Peretz says Benny Gantz’s party ran an ‘irresponsible campaign’ and ‘turned on us’; speculation swirls that his partner could defect to right
By ToI Staff
Labour-Gesher-Meretz leader Amir Peretz in Jerusalem on February 28, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 28, 2020, 5:41 pm
Labor head says he and Gantz will form minority gov’t backed by Liberman, Arabs
Liberman issues denial, says his party won’t back any government it’s not a member of; asserts Peretz made statement to help Netanyahu, in return for support in presidential bid
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Labor-Gesher party Amir Peretz speaks at a Meretz- Labor-Gesher party faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February.17 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 17, 2020, 4:46 pm
Labor-Gesher-Meretz not opposed to government propped up by Arab parties
Leader MK Amir Peretz doesn’t rule out sitting with Joint List or with ultra-Orthodox parties, says the key question will be the policies adopted by the new coalition
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, right, speaks to Interior Affairs Minister Aryeh Deri during a meeting with right-wing bloc parties at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 16, 2020, 7:38 pm
Right-wing religious parties renew pledge to back Netanyahu as PM
Yamina, Shas, United Torah Judaism stress commitment to endorse Likud leader after March elections; Blue and White warns pact will lead to 4th elections
By ToI Staff
Yisrael Beytenu chairman MK Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting at Neve Ilan west of Jerusalem, September 22, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 15, 2020, 12:49 pm
Liberman: Everyone in right-wing bloc is preparing for the day after Netanyahu
Yisrael Beytenu chief expects PM to resign following March election, says he’s ‘in denial’ over his future, claims Bennett, Shaked ‘dream’ of coalition without Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Blue and White party chairman MK Benny Gantz, right and Yisrael Beytenu party chairman Avigdor Liberman give a joint statement to the media after a meeting for coalition negotiations at the Kfar Maccabia Hotel in Ramat Gan, on November 14, 2019. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 13, 2020, 12:29 pm
Liberman appears to drop unity coalition demand, is willing to partner with left
Kingmaker Yisrael Beytenu chair says he’s not opposed to serving with Labor-Gesher-Meretz alliance; says it’s clear that Likud-Blue and White government won’t happen
By Stuart Winer
Blue and White MK Yoaz Hendel at the Knesset, May 29, 2019 (screenshot)
February 8, 2020, 12:35 pm
Blue and White MK panned for saying Mizrahi Jews have ‘culture of Arab drums’
Yoaz Hendel insists statement on Israeli melting pot was not derisive, while right-wing, Arab politicians accuse him of racism and ignorance; colleague calls comments ‘wretched’
By ToI Staff
A composite photo showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Blue and White party chief, Benny Gantz, right, speaking separately at a media conference in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 7, 2020, 10:52 pm
Center, left and Arab parties near majority in TV poll, as Netanyahu’s bloc dips
Despite bump in support for Gantz and his allies, survey predicts Avigdor Liberman will retain his kingmaker status, potentially setting up further political stalemate
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks during a press conference with US President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on January 28, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
January 29, 2020, 10:50 pm
Likud inches closer to Blue and White in first TV polls since Trump peace plan
But release of US proposal, indictment of Netanyahu fail to break deadlock between rival Knesset blocs in trio of pre-election surveys
By Alexander Fulbright
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