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Israeli Labor chief’s new diplomatic plan

Zionist Camp head Avi Gabbay relaunches right-left debate by planning to present at the party convention a diplomatic program of separation from the Palestinians.
Avi Gabbay, head of the opposition Labour party, attends a conference of Israeli think tank Mitvim, the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, in Jerusalem on November 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA        (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
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In a breakfast meeting at the Jerusalem King David Hotel between German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Zionist Camp leader Avi Gabbay and head of the opposition Isaac Herzog on Jan. 31, Gabriel expressed great interest in the new diplomatic plan being formulated in the Labor Party, the main partner within the Zionist Camp.

While the Israeli public is currently occupied with the police investigation into the submarine affair involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the German minister was more interested in the Facebook post Gabbay published Jan. 26, according to which the Labor Party convention will soon vote on a resolution regarding separation from the Palestinians for the sake of having a state with a clear Jewish majority.

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