Avi Gabbay
In a Facebook post, he wrote: “The party is in a great crisis, and I do not absolve myself of responsibility.”
The decision was the next logical step in light of Labor’s poor showing in the April 9 general election, which saw the party dwindle to just six mandates.
Ahead of the party’s Feb. 11 primaries, Knesset member Eitan Cabel says, “We must not let the Labor party die.”
“In April, we will win,” said Avi Gabbay, leader of the largest opposition party Zionist Union. “In April, we will bring change to Israel.”
Israeli Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay wrote a letter to Corbyn to inform him of the decision, emphasizing that the suspension only applies to him and not the U.K. Labour Party as a whole.