The left wing will begin next week its first formal steps towards forming a new social-democratic party. Meretz, which itself was formed by a merger of three left-wing parties over a decade ago, will join up with Yossi Beilin's Shachar (Dawn) party, and will invite extreme left-wing elements from Labor to help form the new party. Yossi Sarid has finally made it clear that he will not vie for the leadership of the new party, nor will he head Meretz if the merger does not work. Candidates to head the new party are Yossi Beilin and Meretz MK Ran Cohen.



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