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HaTivkah and Moledet Merge; Elon Not Running

Reported: 18:41 PM - Dec/18/08

(IsraelNN.com) The nationalist HaTivkah and Moledet parties agreed on Thursday to run together in the February Knesset elections. Moledet is leaving the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party following the 17th-place positioning of Moledet chairman Rabbi MK Benny Elon on its list of Knesset candidates.

Elon welcomed the merger but said that he would not run for re-election, and is retiring from public life.

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