Fifty-five political parties are expected to take part in Israel’s May 17 elections. The total was announced when the deadline passed for registering parties to take part in the vote for the 15th Knesset. Meanwhile, the Meretz Party re-elected Yossi Sarid to head the party’s list in the elections. Current Knesset members Ran Cohen, Chaim Oron and Amnon Rubinstein took the next three slots on the leftist party’s list.
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