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Peretz announced his intentions while the petition surrounding the question of holding primaries among the incumbents is still awaiting a Supreme Court decision.
As part of his political career, Peretz has held a number of senior positions including Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Environmental Protection. In their public activities he is most identified with the Iron Dome project he initiated and led during his time in the Ministry of Defense, with the struggle he raised to raise the minimum wage and pension laws and with the establishment of the National Emergency Authority – and especially with the periphery.
Amir Peretz Photo: Alex Kolomoisky
In the past, Peretz served as chairman of the Histadrut for 11 years, initiating the plastic bags law during his tenure at the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the IDF rehabilitation program after the Second Lebanon War.
In the last election campaign and after cooperating with Meretz, he joined a blue-and-white chairman Bnei Gantz and entered the Netanyahu government with him – at the time he also received harsh criticism, among others from his voters.
He recently announced that he does not intend to run for the Labor Party presidency and that he is giving way to an outside figure who can rehabilitate her. His decision has been transferred to the courts and as of this moment – awaits a decision.