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Home Special Coverage 2021 Election On the Ballot

Labor takes stock as polls consistently predict its demise

Polls conducted over the past three months continue to project that for the first time since its inception in the mid-1960s, the Labor party will fail to pass the prerequisite four-Knesset-seat electoral threshold.

by  Yori Yalon
Published on  12-28-2020 11:54
Last modified: 02-01-2021 07:36
Labor takes stock as polls consistently predict its demise

Former Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn

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Labor leader Amir Peretz's decision to step down ahead of the March 2021 elections, has left the party facing perhaps the most uncertain future in decades.

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Polls held over the past three months have consistently predicted that for the first time since its inception in the mid-1960s, the Labor party will fail to pass the prerequisite four-Knesset-seat electoral threshold.

Party insiders believe that Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn is likely to leave Blue and White and join Labor in a bid to lead the party.

Another potential candidate for party leader is popular Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai. Elected for his fifth consecutive five-year term as Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo in 2018, Huladi has been toying with the idea of entering national politics for years but has yet to take the plunge.

Labor officials also hedged that former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot and former Military Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. (ret.) Amos Yadlin could be in the running to save Labor.

Labor MKs Merav Michaeli and Itzik Shmuli have also been mentioned in political circles as potential candidates for Labor leadership.

Party insiders criticized Perez for his decision to "abandon Labor" in a time when it is facing an unprecedented electoral crisis, for what is believed to be a presidential run.

Peretz has often said he would vie for the mostly symbolic post when he "feels the time is right." President Reuven Rivlin's seven-year term in office will come to its end in June 2021.

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