Negotiations for the consolidation of the two lists: Peretz and Horowitz are expected to meet tonight

At a party management meeting, the Labor Party chairman presented a proposal to open union negotiations on the left. If an agreement is reached, it will be tabled for approval by the party's conference on Tuesday, alongside the Meretz conference. Peretz is expected to suggest that the Democratic camp will have only three places in its first 10

Negotiations for the consolidation of the two lists: Peretz and Horowitz are expected to meet tonight

Labor Party chairman Amir Peretz is expected to meet with Chairman Meretz Nitzan Horowitz tonight (Sunday), and to begin negotiations with him for the unification of the two lists. At a meeting of the party's management today, Peretz presented his proposal to open negotiations with Meretz, announcing that members of the negotiating team will be former minister Ophir Paz Pines and the party's secretary general, Adv. Eran Hermoni. To the extent that an agreement is reached, it will be approved by the party conference at its meeting this Tuesday, and the Meretz conference is also expected to convene on the same day. Peretz is now updating Knesset members at work on a proposal.

Recent Labor Party polls show that a consolidated list will receive nine seats, less than the total of Labor-Bridge and Democratic camps. Peretz estimates that the distribution of chairs between Labor-Bridge and the Democratic camp will be at a 7: 3 key, meaning that the Democratic camp will have only three places in the top 10, compared to the current Knesset with six Labor-Bridge mandates and five in the Democratic camp.

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Nitzan Horowitz and Amir Peretz, July 2019 (Photo: Untitled)

Peretz's proposal comes after the heavy pressure exerted on Peretz for a joint run with Meretz, to which he has expressed strong opposition in recent weeks. His leadership partner, chairman of the Orly Levi-Abaxis Bridge, also insisted that the list run independently.

In recent days, a series of MKs at work have publicly called for the unification of the two parties, in view of the fear that one of the left parties will not pass the blockade. One is MK Bar-Lev, who told Channel 12 in an interview yesterday that "there is a danger that Meretz will not pass Percentage of blocking and that responsibility will fall on us. "

Molly, who earlier this week wrote an article in Haaretz calling for a technical connection between Labor or Meretz or the combination of Labor as a white-blue division, welcomed Bar-Lev's statement and called for "preventing a possible catastrophe and maximizing the power of the change camp. In the bin because of a dangerous and unnecessary gamble - we will hand over the power to Netanyahu with our own hands and it will be unforgivable. "

At the same time, there is a battle between Meretz and MK Shapir on the continuation of the partnership in the Democratic camp, created in the previous election by Meretz's connection with Shapir and the Israeli Democratic Party, which was then headed by Ehud Barak. At this stage there is a disconnect between the Democratic camp and Shapir. 5 on the list, but do not actually negotiate because of their desire to first work for a bridge-work.

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23rd Knesset Election Schedule (Photo: Official Website)