Can Merav Michaeli right the Israeli left?
The newly elected head of the Labor Party faces a daunting task ahead of the March 23 national elections By
Merav Michaeli refused to let the Labor Party die without a fight.
Michaeli, who was elected head of one of the oldest and once-iconic political parties in Israel last month, battled it out just to be able to hold the primary race that led her to victory. Now, she is fighting to bring Labor back from the brink of irrelevance and turn it once again into the home of the Israeli left.
Can she succeed against the odds?
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A medical worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on December 20, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
1. Immunity now: Israel’s vaccine drive is racing ahead a day after a new shipment of shots was flown in, putting it on the path to become the world’s first immunized nation.
Channel 12 news reports that Israel will be getting 400,000-700,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech each week until the adult population is immunized, as part of a deal with the company under which it gets health data from Israel’s massive medical database.
According to the report, health authorities are seeking to administer 200,000 shots a day.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets released US spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard and his wife Esther at Ben Gurion Airport, December 30, 2020 (Courtesy)
1. The spy whom we loved: For years there have been fears that the inevitable arrival of US-Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to Israel would be a minefield for Jerusalem, due to the optics of celebrating a hero who was jailed for decades for spying on the US.
In the end, Pollard’s middle of the night arrival with his ailing wife Esther appears to have been met with something somewhat larger than a whimper but well below the feared-for bang.
Israeli Election, Take Four: Conservatives vs. Conservatives
After the center-left failed in three elections to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the fourth one is shaping up into a contest among right-wing leaders.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has survived three electoral challenges in a row from the center-left. Now he faces two challengers from the right.Credit.Pool photo by Yonatan Sindel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a chance of a sixth term,
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JERUSALEM For three elections in a row, Israel’s conservative prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has managed to stave off challenges from the center-left.
Now, as Israel moves to an unprecedented fourth early election in two years, the center-left has imploded and Mr. Netanyahu faces a challenge from his own former allies on the right.
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