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Israeli party leaders Herzog and Livni form political pact

(JNS.org) Israeli Labor party leader Isaac Herzog and Hatnuah party leader Tzipi Livni announced that they will unite their left-wing parties and run together in next March’s parliamentary elections. The two leaders said that if their alliance were victorious in the race to gain the most Knesset seats, they would rotate the prime minister position. “We’re uniting for the good of the country, for the better future of our children and grandchildren. We can only win together,” Herzog said. Meanwhile, former Israeli communications minister Moshe Kahlon (previously of Likud) announced the name of his new centrist party, “Kulanu,” which means “all of us.” According to polls, Kahlon’s party would garner 10-13 seats and possibly play the role as a “kingmaker” in forming a governing coalition for the right or the left.

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