Things are heating up in the Israeli election, scheduled for March. There are a number of developments in the past week.
Hatnuah, the party of Tzipi Livni, has decided to run under a temporary merger with Labour. This is not terribly unusual; Yisrael Beitenu and Likud had a one-election merger last time. This has boosted the fortunes of Labour and the party is now a real competitor for finishing in first place. One can presume that Yesh Atid, the party of Yair Lapid; who along with Livni was fired from Cabinet causing this snap election, would align more with Labour (Read more…)