Labor party primaries
Labor party primariesIsrael News photo: Flash 90

Israeli Social Justice (Tzedek Hevrati) leader, Daphne Leef posted to her Facebook page on Friday night: "Stav Shafir has announced that she will compete for a place in the list of Labor Party in the upcoming elections."

Stav Shafir, a friend of Leef’s is her associate in the leftist J14 movement. She will run under the party slogan: "This is our time". 

Arutz Sheva will keep you informed as the story breaks. 

Meanwhile, Shafir wrote on her Facebook:

"With great excitement, I am happy to inform you that I have decided to enter politics and run for local Labor Party list…If there's something I learned last year, it is that the most decisive moments are the easiest. While choosing the right path, the path suddenly becomes clear…Today, just before the elections we know that the goals have been conquered…But the important decisions in areas which are of importance to my generation are still relevant…I go into politics a single person, but accompanied by countless stories, hopes and wishes which I got to hear last year. My mission is to take them to the place where you make the rules. I cannot do the it alone. There is one way to create a healthy politic here: If we do this together…”