For his movement in latter years towards "third way" positions, as well as for his earthy and warm personality, Peretz has been compared to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
During the 2005 election campaign, Margalit was one of the first businessmen to support Amir Peretz in the general elections.
(Note--Israeli primary polls can often be very unreliable due to poor sampling and turnout predictions. Most of the polls in the 2012 Kadima primary showed that Livni would beat Mofaz, yet Mofaz ended up winning in the end by a 62-38% margin, a whopping 24% difference. Likewise, Amir Peretz beat former Prime Minister Shimon Peres in the 2005 Labor leadership primary despite the fact that all or most of the polls predicted a solid Peres victory.)
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