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Feb. 2, 2021
When Merav Michaeli became leader of the Labor Party last month – instantly boosting the left-wing party’s fortunes in the polls prior to the March 23 election – the internet immediately exploded with speculation as to which parties she might consider merging with.
A video from the 1990s quickly began making the rounds on Hebrew-language Twitter. In it, Michaeli and Yair Lapid (now leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party), emerge flustered and laughing from behind a sofa, she adjusting a visible bra strap, he buckling his belt. The video wasn’t fake: it came from the archives of Lapid’s early years as a variety show host. It was proof, chuckled the Twitterati, that these two politicians should have no trouble hooking up.