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Israel's Labor Party pays price for political integrity

Even if some media ridiculed the Labor Party's leaders for their support of the government's agreement with the United Nations — which was canceled four hours after it was signed — the leaders were right to stick to the party's human rights agenda as a compass.
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Many in Israel have criticized the government’s plan to deport illegal African immigrants to third countries, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced April 2 that the government was retracting from that plan, after signing a special agreement with the United Nations.

Leaders of the Labor Party, headed by Chairman Avi Gabbay, were some of the first to congratulate and praise Netanyahu on calling off the deportation plan.

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