Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, is considering running for the Knesset on a one-man party, according to a local newspaper article today that quoted close friends. Ben-Gurion, who remains in the Knesset as the only Rafi member after the other members of Rafi Joined the United Labor Party, has never asked to be recognized as a one-man party. This means that under a law providing for the allotment of public funds for campaign expenses that is considered almost certain to-pass, he will not be given such funds.
The newspaper also reported that the former Premier may reconsider and ask that he be considered a one-man faction, but that his future steps are dependent on internal political developments.
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