After the vacuum left by Amir Peretz, the name exchange is getting longer • Along with the Minister of Justice and the Mayor of Tel Aviv, the names of Izenkot Vidlin were also mentioned • Wednesday: Court hearing in the petition of Merav Michaeli against the cancellation of the primaries
Ron Huldai and Avi Nissenkorn
Photography:
Gideon Markovich, Oren Ben Hakon
After the departure of chairman Amir Peretz, the Labor Party is preparing for a new leadership. The hot name to replace him as Labor chairman is Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn. breach.
One of the Labor activists told Israel Today: "Amir Peretz and Nissenkorn are colleagues from the Histadrut. Amir Peretz helped make him king and knows him well. I would not be surprised if they dropped Nissenkorn as Labor chairman."
Other personalities who came forward as candidates for the Labor Party: Danny Atar, former chairman of the JNF, Ron Huldai, the mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, the former chief of staff, Gadi Izenkot, and also Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Yadlin.
In addition, Minister Itzik Shmuli and MK Merav Michaeli may also run for Labor.
Among the party's senior officials, there was criticism of Peretz's decision to abandon the leadership.
According to a senior party official, "This is a spin by Amir Peretz, who will drop Nissenkorn or Huldai, who will head the party and Amir will be his number 2. In this way, Amir Peretz will get a seat in the Knesset and run for the presidency."
On Wednesday, a hearing is expected in the Tel Aviv District Court on a petition by MK Merav Michaeli against the decision to cancel the Labor Party's primaries and transfer the voting authority only to members of the party conference.
Michaeli referred to the change in the top of her party and said: "Amir Peretz gambled on the house and failed miserably. It is time he vacated his seat and released the party. "Cancell the primaries and hold them among the functioning and the functioning - now."