At a popular bar in Tel Aviv, professor Yossi Yonah began his primary campaign on Dec. 21 — the sixth day of Hanukkah — for a spot on the Labor Party ticket.

“We were cheated out of the recent elections. We came to promote a social agenda but false prophets were enthroned instead — [former Finance Minister] Yair Lapid, [Minister of Economy and Trade] Naftali Bennett, [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and the capitalists. Now it’s time for a reform and I want to be part of the team,” Yonah told the dozens of young activists who huddled in the bar. The event took place not far from Rothschild Boulevard, where the social protest, aka the tent protest, broke out 3½ years ago, changing the face of Israeli politics.

A die-hard socialist, Yonah was immediately drawn into the activism that washed over the streets, finding himself leading a team of independent experts who advised the leaders of the protest. It was in that atmosphere of change in 2013 that he vied for the first time for a seat in the Israeli parliament. However, he came in the unrealistic 20th slot and did not make the cut.

Now he’s having a second go at it, potentially finding himself on the same Knesset slate with the person he scathingly criticized during the protest — professor Manuel Trajtenberg, the chairman of the Trajtenberg Committee, which was established in the wake of the demonstrations.