Israeli Union Leader Plays Hardball With Labor Party - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mazal Mualem

Mazal Mualem

Jul 12, 2013

Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich gestures during a ceremony for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish arbor day, in Ben-Shemen forest, near the Israeli town of Modiin between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Opinion polls have shown Labour, which ruled Israel for decades but now holds only eight seats in parliament, bouncing back to second place behind Likud under new leader Yachimovich. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3COPJ — Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich gestures during a ceremony in Modiin, Jan. 20, 2013. — REUTERS/Nir Elias

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Protesters demonstrate against new austerity measures set to be included in the 2013-2014 national budget at a main junction in Tel Aviv May 11, 2013. Between 2,000 and 3,000 people demonstrated against the measures, which will be discussed by the Israeli cabinet on Monday. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZJ74

The Decline of Israel's Labor Union Chairman

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Battle to Lead Labor Party Begins in Israel

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Labour party candidates Itzik Shmuli (R) and Stav Shaffir attend a mock election at a high school in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv December 6, 2012. The leaders of a grassroots social protest movement that swept Israel in 2011, Shaffir and Shmuli, have shot to the top of a rejuvenated Labour party that polls say will at least double its power in a Jan. 22 general election that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud is forecast to win. Picture taken December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL - Tags

Labor's new list: young, leftist, social-oriented

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Labour party leader Shelly Yachimovich gestures during a ceremony for Tu Bishvat, the Jewish arbor day, in Ben-Shemen forest, near the Israeli town of Modiin between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem January 20, 2013. Opinion polls have shown Labour, which ruled Israel for decades but now holds only eight seats in parliament, bouncing back to second place behind Likud under new leader Yachimovich. REUTERS/ Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR3COPJ

Can Yachimovich Keep Her Job As Israel's Labor Party Leader?

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics