Second, the Labor party has proven politically bankrupt, with its only conceivable leader being the 82-year-old Shimon Peres and its anachronistic dovish optimism the source of much ridicule. As a result – and helped by low voter turnout – the party’s leadership primary was won by Amir Peretz, an outsider and populist who wants to revitalize Labor by putting social and economic issues at the forefront, which means withdrawing from the national unity coalition with Likud.
第二，工党唯一可信的领导人是82岁高龄的西蒙·佩雷斯，而且其落伍的鸽派乐观主义成为笑柄，因此工党在政治上已经破产。结果，由于投票率低，阿米尔·佩雷茨赢得该党领导人初选胜利。佩雷茨是该党的圈外人士，民粹主义者。他想通过突出社会和经济问题来重新振兴工党，这也就意味着退出和利库德党的全国联合政府。