Gabbay Breaks Up Opposition Party, Leaving Livni On Her Own

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Israeli politician Avi Gabbay, chairman of opposition party the Zionist Union, announced he intends to break Israel’s largest opposition party Tuesday.

The party was created as a joint electoral list established in 2015 by the Labor Party and Hatnua, an Israeli center party formed in 2012 by Israeli lawmaker, and former minister Tzipi Livni. The Zionist Union gained 24 seats in the 2015 elections, becoming the second most popular party behind Netanyahu’s Likud party with 30 seats.

Zionist Union parliament member Itzik Shmuli explained the move as a possible attempt to align the Israeli Labor party with former Israeli army chief Benny Gantz, who launched his own political party last week.

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{Matzav.com}


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