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Ben-Eliezer Slams Yachimovich For the Labor Party's Failure

Veteran Knesset Member Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer talks about his frustration and anger over the election results and the missed opportunities by Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in a special interview with Mazal Mualem. 
Israeli Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Haif Mayor Amram
Mitzna (C) and Labour party chairman Binyamin Ben-Eliezer attend a
funeral ceremony for former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban in
Herzliya November 18, 2002. Mitzner and Ben-Eliezer will run as
candidates as the Labour party votes for it next leader tomorrow.
REUTERS/Ofer Vaknin

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Since last Tuesday [Jan. 22] Knesset Member Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer has been going around feeling deeply disappointed over the missed opportunity.

The most veteran among Labor’s Knesset Members, who at 77 is as sharp as ever — his political instincts, for which he is famous, finely honed, more than ever before — was certain that this time around Labor could lead to a revolution. Alas, he could only grit his teeth in frustration as he was watching how Labor party leader Shelly Yachimovich was single-handedly missing the opportunity and arriving at the finish line of the election campaign with a mere 15 mandates.

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