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Kadima MK Breakdown: Who Supports Livni vs. Mofaz?

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Livni v. Mofaz

Kadima is preparing for a showdown with their leadership primary expected to be held sometime in March. Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni and Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Shaul Mofaz have the support of a dozen MKs each.

Livni’s four main supporters are veteran MKs Ronnie Bar-On, Marina Solodkin, Majallie Whbee, and Gideon Ezra. Two-term MKs Yoel Hasson and Shlomo Molla, along with rookie MKs Nino Abesadze, Rachel Adatto, Doron Avital, Nachman Shai, Robert Tiviaev and Orit Zuaretz, also support Livni.

Mofaz’s three main supporters are veteran MKs Meir Sheetrit, Ruhama Avraham Balila and Jacob Edery. Mofaz also has the support of two-term MKs Israel Hasson, Shai Hermesh, Yohanan Plesner, Otniel Schneller and Ronit Tirosh and rookie MKs Arie Bibi, Zeev Bielski, Yulia Shamalov Berkovich and Avraham Duan.

Only two of Kadima’s 28 MKs are not on either side. Faction Chairwoman MK Dalia Itzik has decided to remain neutral and MK Avi Dichter is still planning to run for Kadima leadership himself. Many expect Dichter to drop out before the primary and join forces with Mofaz, similarly to MK Sheetrit, who dropped out of the race this weekend.

MK Sheetrit, who was first elected to Knesset in 1981, has never run against an incumbent. Following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s resignation, he finished in third place (8.5%) behind Livni and Mofaz in Kadima’s 2008 leadership contest. Following the first-term resignation of Prime Minister Netanyahu, he finished third (22%) behind Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert in the 1999 Likud leadership race.

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About the Author: Jeremy Saltan is Bayit Yehudi's Mevaseret Tzion Party Branch Director and a Central Committee Member. Jeremy served as Bayit Yehudi's English Speaking Campaign Manager in the past election. Visit Jeremy's blog, www.knessetjeremy.com.


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