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Article: LABOR PARTY TURNS TO NEW CANDIDATES FOR ISRAELI ELECTION
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 1988
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JERUSALEM - Israel's centrist Labor Party surprised even
itself this week by bringing fresh faces into its leadership as a
crucial national election campaign nears.
Labor's mammoth central committee used secret ballots Thursday
night to add 29 candidates to the party's Knesset list for Nov. 1
parliamentary elections. It was the first time since the party's
formation in 1930 that names on the list were chosen by election
rather than by a tiny cabal of leaders.
In Israel, parties field lists of candidates for the Knesset,
and voters cast their ballots for each list.
Spontaneous celebrations broke out on the convention floor
when it was announced that 16 of those elected had never ...