Knesset Speaker Yuli-Yoel Edelstein announced, Tuesday morning, that Chairwoman Shelly Yechimovich of the Labor party will serve as Opposition Leader in the current Knesset. The announcement came at the beginning of a special session on economic measures needed to balance the budget.
Yechimovich held the position briefly in the last Knesset, during the Kadima party's short-lived entry into the coalition.