Former Labor Minister-Without-Portfolio Ami Ayalon was named Thursday night to head the Meimad Knesset list in the February elections. Former Meimad chairman Rabbi Michael Melchior assumed the second position.
Meimad has ended a nine-year alliance with Labor, out of fear that Labor will not win enough seats to uphold the guaranteed seat that Rabbi Melchior enjoyed. It is not known if Meimad will run by itself or find a new party in which to incorporate itself.