Powerful labor union head officially joins Gantz's Knesset slate

Israel Resilience party leader Benny Gantz announced on Saturday that Histadrut labor federation chief Avi Nissenkorn will officially join his party’s slate in the upcoming general elections.

Nissenkorn is expected to be placed in the top five of the party’s Knesset slate, with Gantz reportedly promising him a ministerial position if the party is part of the next government after elections on April 9.

"Avi is a true asset on the way to victory and a change in priorities,” Gantz said in a statement. “His joining is a central element in turning the party into a representative of the middle class, which is coping with a destructive cost of living, huge lines in the healthcare system, and a resounding failure in the ability to obtain housing.”

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Israel Resilience has agreed to run on a joint slate with the Telem party, which is headed by former Likud defense minister Moshe Ya’alon.

The party revealed seven new names for its Knesset election slate on Thursday, including Israel’s first openly gay mayor, an IDF disabled veteran and a female ultra-Orthodox social activist.

It said the full slate will be published next week. All parties must declare their election slate by February 21.

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