Posted on 11/02/2022 2:03:26 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Meretz minister Esawi Frej says Labor leader Merav Michaeli’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ brought about the center-left’s electoral downfall
Left-wing politicians were reacting with horror and dismay on Wednesday to the decisive electoral victory of the right-wing, religious bloc in the general election, expressing extreme concern in particular over the strong influence the far-right Religious Zionism party will likely wield in the next government.
And recriminations among left-wing parties for their poor showing in the election had also begun, with Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej of the Meretz party blaming the leader of the Labor party, Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli, for the loss, citing her refusal to unite the two parties.
Michaeli staunchly refused to unite her party with Meretz on a joint electoral slate ahead of the election, insisting that both parties would be able to pass the electoral threshold by themselves.
With some 86 percent of the votes counted, Labor looked set to win just four seats, compared to the seven seats it won in the last election, while it appeared Meretz would fail to cross the electoral threshold, thereby losing all representation in the Knesset altogether.
“Michaeli has delusions of grandeur. She dreams of [being Yitzhak] Rabin,” Frej told Army Radio ...
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...
Hopefully we’ll read the same headline a week from today regarding our elections.
LOL — I never get tired of that one
From your mouth to G-d’s ears. Tree of liberty can also be watered with the tears of a@@-holes.
It’s the overture
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