Israeli legislator Haim Ramon announced Monday that he will remain in the race for the Labor Party leadership. Lagging in the polls, Ramon had been under pressure to drop out and leave the front-runner, Haifa Mayor Amram Mitzna, as the only candidate facing incumbent Benjamin Ben-Eliezer in the party’s Nov. 19 primary.
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