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Meretz proudly presents: The end of kibbutzim in politics
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| Author | Anshel Pfeffer |
| Media | Newspaper - Ha Aretz |
| News Date | Monday, November 12, 2012 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Meretz convention elected the party's Knesset candidates last night. Currently, the party only has three MKs: after leader Zahava Gal-On, who was guaranteed the top slot, Ilan Gilon and Nitzan Horowitz were again elected to top the list. To the following three slots were selected Michal Rozin, the director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, Arab-Israeli accountant Issawi Frej from Kafr Qasem and Tel Aviv City Council member, Tamar Zandberg.
But there is one glaring omission. Former MK Avshalom Vilan was pushed down to seventh place, widely regarded as too low on the party ticket to have a reasonable chance of securing a Knesset seat. Also, it's the lowest spot ever occupied on a Meretz list by its most senior kibbutz member.
Vilan's poor showing, along with Labor leader Shelly Yacimovich's decision last monthto cancel the spot on Labor's list reserved for a kibbutz member, brings to an end the role played by the historic vanguard of the Zionist Movement as a power elite. Only 1.5 percent of Israelis today are kibbutz members and their proportion continues to shrink, as does their representation in the traditional centers of government, especially the Israel Defense Forces officer corps where they have been replaced by members of the national-religious community. It also demonstrates how the Zionist left-wing has been transformed from a pioneering society spread across the country to a comfortable middle class, centered around Tel Aviv. |
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