The left-wing religious-Zionist party Meimad appears headed for a split. Party leader and ex-Deputy Foreign Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior has a majority among party members for his proposal to run together with the Labor Party, but founder Rabbi Yehuda Amital and MK Rabbi Yehuda Gilad are against. Party sources say the two will quit if the merger is approved, and will start a new movement - which will not participate in the upcoming Knesset election. Rabbi Amital, who says he refuses to become a fifth wheel in the Labor Party, denies that a split is imminent.
Meimad Split Foreseen
The left-wing religious-Zionist party Meimad appears headed for a split. Party leader and ex-Deputy Foreign Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior has a majority among party members for his proposal to run together with the Labor Party, but founder Rabbi Yehuda Amital and MK Rabbi Yehuda Gilad are against. Party sources say the two will quit if the merger is approved, and will start a new movement - wh
The left-wing religious-Zionist party Meimad appears headed for a split. Party leader and ex-Deputy Foreign Minister Rabbi Michael Melchior has a majority among party members for his proposal to run together with the Labor Party, but founder Rabbi Yehuda Amital and MK Rabbi Yehuda Gilad are against. Party sources say the two will quit if the merger is approved, and will start a new movement - which will not participate in the upcoming Knesset election. Rabbi Amital, who says he refuses to become a fifth wheel in the Labor Party, denies that a split is imminent.