Former Prime Minister and ex-Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, and Pinhas Lavon, secretary general of the Israel Federation of Labor, today called for unity among all of Israel’s labor parties, as the election campaign for choosing Federation officers got into full swing throughout the country.
Two of Israel’s labor parties, the centrist Ahdut Avoda and the left-wing Mapam, held their annual conventions this week-end, and both criticized the dominant Mapai Party. All three labor parties are competing for supremacy inside the labor federation.
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