The 110,000 members of the Labor Party will elect their Knesset candidates today, in 350 polling stations across the country. Extreme left-wing candidates such as Yossi Beilin, Yuli Tamir, Tzali Reshef, and Yossi Katz, who support party leader Amram Mitzna, fear a concerted effort by Ben-Eliezer supporters to push them down to unrealistic spots on the list.
The first three spots are reserved for Mitzna, his predecessor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Shimon Peres. The seventh spot is guaranteed to the party's secretary-general MK Ophir Pines, and Rabbi Michael Melchior has also been guaranteed a slot in the framework of the party's agreement with the Meimad movement. Leading candidates are Shlomo Ben-Ami, Avraham Burg, Dalia Itzik, Chaim Ramon, and others.
The polls close at 9 PM, and results should be in by midnight.
The first three spots are reserved for Mitzna, his predecessor Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Shimon Peres. The seventh spot is guaranteed to the party's secretary-general MK Ophir Pines, and Rabbi Michael Melchior has also been guaranteed a slot in the framework of the party's agreement with the Meimad movement. Leading candidates are Shlomo Ben-Ami, Avraham Burg, Dalia Itzik, Chaim Ramon, and others.
The polls close at 9 PM, and results should be in by midnight.