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Yachimovich Braces for Final Battle For Labor Party

Labor Party Chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich’s new banner of regional diplomacy helps her fight those who challenge her leadership after the poor results at the elections.
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Labor Party leader and  Knesset member Shelly Yachimovich is mulling over the possibility of holding quick primaries for the leadership of the Labor Party within two months.

About two months ago, we published that, according to very high-ranking sources in the Labor Party, an initiative has gotten underway to hold quick primaries within just a few months to “bring the Yachimovich dictatorship to an end.” The initiative for quick primaries was based on the sense that after the party’s failure in the last elections — a failure that is attributed to her, it will be easy to defeat her.

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