Shelly Yachimovich announced her support for Avi Gabbay • Herzog is still undecided

July 6, 2017   

MK Shelly Yachimovich announced at noon (Thursday) that she supports the candidacy of former minister Avi Gabbay in the Labor Party leadership elections. In a message she posted on her Facebook page, she wrote, among other things: "I will put the ballot with his name on it on Monday, knowing that I am giving my vote and my support to a clean-handed, exceptionally intelligent, and courageous person who will do good for my party and the country." Yachimovich also announced that later today, without ceremony or demands, she will report to Gabbay's headquarters to work for his election. In her message, Yachimovich detailed Gabbay's advantages and qualities that led her to support him. She also praises the fact that despite being slandered and slandered during the campaign, he kept his cool and firmly refused to be drawn into similar behavior, even though many advised him to do so. Yachimovich also noted that Gabbay's announcement today that if he were elected, he would ask Yitzhak Herzog's continued service as opposition leader is "a model of proper, decent and noble behavior." Yachimovich personally conducted the largest census for the Labor Party, and according to estimates, the number of functionaries who are influenced by her positions is the largest, which is a significant boost for Gabbay in the battle against Amir Peretz, who received the support of Histadrut Chairman Avi Nissenkorn - Yachimovich's opponent in the Histadrut elections. According to estimates, Bozhi Herzog, who will meet with his main activists this evening, has not yet decided whether to support a particular candidate for party leadership. In the first round of the Labor Party leadership elections held on Tuesday, Amir Peretz won 32 percent of the vote and Avi Gabbay 27 percent. Both advanced to the second round, which will be held this coming Monday.