“I will only appoint someone full of energy and hungry for the tasks ahead as a minister in my government,” said Labor chairman Avi Gabbay in his June 14 interview with Army Radio. But not everyone took his declaration seriously. Even several Labor Party members reacted with a mixture of ridicule and chagrin.
“What ministers is he talking about? Things are so bad that we are busy with our survival. Most of us will not be back for another term if we continue to decline in the polls,” one of the party’s dismayed lawmakers told Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity.