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Mar. 9, 2021
Merav Michaeli’s election as chairwoman of Labor, together with the makeup of her party list, prompted a theory that there’s no longer any real difference between Labor and Meretz.
Michaeli and her No. 3, Emilie Moatti, are perceived as left-wing Tel Aviv women who could just as easily have run with Meretz. Reform Rabbi Gilad Kariv’s cause is perceived as more closely identified with the more left-wing party, and Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin has become a more familiar and radical figure than Meretz candidate Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi. Omer Bar-Lev and Yair Golan are also perceived as filling equivalent spots on their parties’ lists.