At the same time, the main alternative candidates on the left and right have positioned themselves too far toward the extremes to recapture the center easily. On the left is Amir Peretz of the Labor party, a populist and trade-union federation leader with little national leadership experience and even less familiarity with security matters.
同时，左翼和右翼的主要替换候选人将自身过度定位于极端立场，从而无法轻易重新夺回中间地带。左翼工党的佩雷茨是一个民粹主义者和工会联合会领导人，几乎没有什么全国性的领导经验，甚至在安全问题上更为生疏。许多以色列人不信任他的治国能力。