When Knesset member Amir Peretz returned to head the Labor Party July 2, he imagined that he would be able to increase his party’s strength at a rate of one seat per week up until the election. In that way, he would reach the finish line with 15 seats. One week ago, he surprised the left when he announced a merger with Gesher, a party headed by Orly Levy-Abekasis that positions itself on the social right. Having already announced that he plans to win votes from the soft right, Peretz slammed the door in the faces of former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Meretz chairman Nitzan Horowitz.
Yesterday morning, it was his turn to be surprised. Barak, Horowitz and former Labor member Stav Shaffir flooded the social networks with a selfie of them standing together, announcing that they were joining forces in a new list called the Democratic Camp.
