Who would have thought? Some 400 former Likud party supporters arrived Tuesday at the Labor party headquarters in Tel Aviv to attend a support rally for Histadrut (Labor Union) Head and candidate for Labor party Chairman Amir Peretz.
Following the event the former Likud supporters signed forms that marked their official defection to the Labor party.
“I know that moving from one political home to another is almost like changing families; it is difficult, but we have no choice, time is working against us,” Peretz told the enthused audience.
Yitzik Elharat of Sderot expressed his frustration with the current Likud leadership.
“All this time I paid taxes to the Likud and I worked at the party headquarters when policies were being determined,” he said. “Bibi (Netanyahu) hurt me after I thought he’d help the people. I have many friends who feel the Likud does not tend to the needs of the people, but rather to those of businessmen.”
Former Likud supporter Moshe Peretz of Netivot said he decided to join the Labor party because the Likud is responsible for the country’s dire situation, as he put it.
“I had no choice, though it wasn’t easy for me,” he said. (Amir) Peretz is one of our own; he managed to unite the religious and secular, right and left, and new and former immigrants.”
