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Article: Communist Party chairman loses seat in Hadash primaries
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- January 15, 2006
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ORLY HALPERN
Jerusalem Post
01-15-2006
Headline: Communist Party chairman loses seat in Hadash primaries
Byline: ORLY HALPERN
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 02
Sunday, January 15, 2006 -- In a Shinui-style turn of events Saturday, MK Issam Mahoul, the chairman of the Communist Party, lost his seat in the Hadash primaries to Dr. Hanna Sweid causing an uproar in the hall and leaving questions about the joint future of the Israeli Communist Party and the Hadash political front it founded.
When the announcement came that Sweid won 238 votes and Mahoul 197, shouting arguments broke out at the Semiramis wedding hall in Shfaram, where the Hadash primaries took place. Sweid is not a member of the ...