BREAKING NEWS

Herzog pips Peretz to second spot post on Labor party list

The Labor party list for the 19th Knesset was released on Friday morning, with MK Issac Herzog taking the second spot on the list following Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich.
The vote showed how much influence party leader Yacimovich has, as opposed to the growing opposition within Labor led by MK Amir Peretz. Herzog received 3,000 votes more than Peretz.
Peretz got the third spot, followed by Itan Cabel, former Haaretz columnist Merav Michaeli and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer.