Arye Eliav, a veteran MK whose doveish views brought him into conflict with past Labor-led governments no less than with the present Likud regime, took formal leave of the Knesset Wednesday after 13 years as a member of parliament. He resigned from the two-member Sheli faction which he helped found after defecting from the Labor Party and handed his mandate over to Uri Avneri a former MK who is editor of the weekly Hoolam Hazeh.
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