Burst on Union on the Left: "Unusual Opportunity"; Horowitz: "Bad News for Netanyahu"

Horowitz and Peretz made a first joint statement, in which the chairman of the Labor Bridge said: "We do not agree on everything, but our author is big on the separator." Horowitz added that "all parties are required to pay prices, too, but I have chosen the state's best interest."

Burst on Union on the Left: "Unusual Opportunity"; Horowitz: "Bad News for Netanyahu"

After announcing a run on one of their parties to the 23rd Knesset this morning, Labor Party chairmen and Meretz Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz made a joint statement this evening explaining their decision this morning on the joint run.

Gesher Labor chairman Amir Peretz said in a statement that he was "proud to stand by budding members." He explained: "Not everything we agree on, but our common denominator is greater than the separator." Peretz added that "today's connection is the main variable Of the 2020 elections. Only with the big Meretz bridge will the government change. "

Peretz made it clear that "an extraordinary opportunity has been created here, this connection is a multiplier of strength, we will strengthen the social flag and the peace flag. Today we determine who will lead the next government policy. We will lead and take the next government into a government of change and hope." In addition, Peretz declared that "those who want the Rabin Way must vote for this union."

He said there are two steps to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: "One, to prevent the establishment of Netanyahu's bloc, and the other, to establish a left-center bloc of 61 without Lieberman." Peretz added that "Today, in this union, we have already succeeded in the first stage - there will be no loss of votes in the left center, so Netanyahu will not have 61 seats."

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"An extraordinary opportunity was created here." Peretz and Horowitz in joint statement (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz during the Labor Party-Bridge press conference at the press conference, TA 13 January 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The event reached individual activists and MKs from Meretz and Labor, including Rabbi Michaeli and Gilon. Bridge chairman Orly Levi-Abaxis did not make a statement.

Chairman Meretz Nitzan Horowitz opened the joint statement and congratulated Peretz on the decision. "Amir, you have made a historic step here. I am very proud of your friendship with you. It is a great privilege to stand by you, "said Horowitz." As with any unification process, all parties are required to pay prices, too, but I have chosen the best interests of the state, bloc and Meretz over my personal position on the list as one number in a separate party, "he added.

According to Horowitz, "The Union is good for anyone who advocates for peace, social justice, human rights and citizenship, the rule of law and democracy and the continued existence of the State of Israel within safe borders with our neighbors. The Union is good news for the center-left bloc and bad news for Bibi and his bloc."

Peretz and Horowitz during their statement today (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz during the Labor Party-Bridge press conference at the press conference, TA 13 January 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

In sum, the parties will run under the "truth" ballot, with Levi-Abaxis in second place and Horowitz in third place. MK Ben Shafir and the Green Movement will not be part of the left-wing parties' unification. "Peretz and Horowitz intend to emphasize the gospel of meaningful union and the hope for political change that will be the social heart and political compass of the next government after the end of the Netanyahu era,"

The Democratic camp will have four places in the top ten, out of the top eight. In the first quartet were Peretz, Levi-Abaxis, Horowitz, Tamar Zandberg, Itzik Shmuli. In addition, MK Yair Golan and Ilan Gilon will be placed in the second quintet alongside Amar Bar-Lev, Michaeli and Rital Souid. Tomorrow, the Labor Party Conference and the Meretz Conference will convene to ratify the union agreement between the parties.

MK Gilon has welcomed the union between the parties. As a Zionist and democratic state of the Jewish people. "In a tweet posted on Twitter, Michaeli wrote:" We have promised to do whatever it takes to replace the dangerous right-wing rule of Netanyahu and that is what we are doing. "

Labor-Bridge and Meretz decided on a joint run for the 23rd Knesset

Peretz and Horowitz before the joint declaration (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Amir Peretz and Nitzan Horowitz during the Labor Party-Bridge press conference at the press conference, TA 13 January 2019 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Shafir, who was not included in the union, said "this connection must not become a concession." She said she worked "from morning till evening" for unification on the left, but "the great union is supposed to be a union of change and a hope of hope. A union that seems like a work list only distances the public from politics, while our most important mission today in a camp that believes in Israel - is to build the Trust again. To offer a new vision, to offer an exciting way. "

This morning Shafir told "The Morning World" on Channel 13 that she was disappointed, and during the day "you will have to make a tough decision." She says, "It is precisely your friends who can try to keep you away from strengthening the partnership we have, which is disappointing. Sometimes politicians prefer the old to the new, but the public is the one who decides. In the next few days I will have to make a hard decision whether to run independently within a party or leave." .

Schedule for Knesset Election on 23rd (Photo: Image processing)