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unusual facts about Israeli Labor Party



Israeli Labor Party leadership election, 2011

Following the departure of Ehud Barak from the membership and leadership of the Israeli Labor Party, a leadership election was called.

Israeli prime ministerial election, 2001

Elections for Prime Minister were held in Israel on 6 February 2001 following the resignation of the incumbent, Labour's Ehud Barak.

Mekor Baruch

Before 1948, Mekor Baruch was considered an upscale neighborhood and was home to Eastern European Labor Party members and Holocaust survivors.

Samer Libdeh

He participated in a number of meetings with senior Israeli politicians and activists from the Likud, Labor, and Kadima parties – advocating for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.

Shlomo Lahiani

He was first elected mayor as a Labour-backed independent in 2003 with 45% of the vote, beating the Likud candidate.

Twenty-fifth government of Israel

The twenty-fifth government of Israel was formed by Yitzhak Rabin of the Labor Party on 13 July 1992, after the party's victory in the June elections.

Twenty-fourth government of Israel

Tehiya, Tzomet and Moledet all left the coalition in late 1991 and early 1992 in protest at Shamir's participation in the Madrid Conference, but the government remained in office until Yitzhak Rabin formed the twenty-fifth government, following the Labor Party's victory in the 1992 elections.


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