Rebel Shas MK Amsalem courts Labor’s Peretz
11/21/2012 05:18
Renegade Shas MK Haim Amsalem tried unsuccessfully to draft Labor MK Amir Peretz
to his new Am Shalem Party that will focus on socioeconomic issues and bridging
the gap between the ultra- Orthodox and the secular, sources confirmed on
Tuesday.
Peretz’s political stock has gone up since Operation Pillar of
Defense began last Wednesday, because he was the defense minister who insisted
on purchasing the Iron Dome short-range missile- defense system that has been
proven very effective in shooting down incoming rockets. Since Peretz is not on
good term with Labor chairwoman Shelly Yacimovich, Amsalem told Peretz he would
be welcome in his party. But Peretz said Labor was his political
home.