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Article: NEWS ANALYSIS: Labor Party faces new problems as Histadrut comes
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- March 7, 1995
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David Landau
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
03-07-1995
NEWS ANALYSIS:. Labor Party faces new problems as Histadrut comes under investigation
Israel's ruling Labor Party, already beset by waning popularity and political ill-fortune, faces new woes in the form of a burgeoning police investigation into alleged misuse of funds in the Histadrut labor federation.
The scandal erupted this week after reports that police officials are investigating Labor Party leaders who allegedly misappropriated Histadrut funds for their own political purposes.
Histadrut, which represents more than 50 percent of the Israeli work force, was a bastion of the Labor Party for decades until last year, when Labor renegade Haim ...