Yachimovich Braces for Final Battle For Labor Party

Labor Party leader and  Knesset member Shelly Yachimovich is mulling over the possibility of holding quick primaries for the leadership of the Labor Party within two months.

About two months ago, we published that, according to very high-ranking sources in the Labor Party, an initiative has gotten underway to hold quick primaries within just a few months to “bring the Yachimovich dictatorship to an end.” The initiative for quick primaries was based on the sense that after the party’s failure in the last elections — a failure that is attributed to her, it will be easy to defeat her.

Now, Yachimovich wants to signal to Knesset members Isaac Herzog, Eitan Cabel and Erel Margalit — who have recently begun preparing to challenge her —  that not only is she not afraid of them, but quite the opposite: She’s giving them what they want.

In recent days, Yachimovich discussed and consulted about this with people in her party, and among other things, said that she is convinced that she can beat anyone who might vie against her for the top spot, and that by doing so, she would win stability inside the party that will let her focus on leading the opposition.