Israeli leftists hold national conference in Tel Aviv

[LeftishBrit]

http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics


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Around 700 members of the Israeli Left met in Tel Aviv on Friday for a conference meant to strategize new courses of action and chart the path of the leftwing of Israeli politics.

The national leftwing conference was held at the ZOA house in Tel Aviv and organizers said that the turnout was double what they expected.


Organized officially by Peace Now, the conference was promoted purely through social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and lacked any sort of advertising budget.

The panels at the conference covered subjects including cooperation among the different branches of the Left, from the non-Zionist to the center-Left, how to return the Left to the forefront of Israeli politics, and what the Israeli Left’s message and response should be to the recent revolutions in the Middle East.
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[LeftishBrit]

1. Sadly, there was little Arab representation, which would be vital

But it's a start!

[Donald Ian Rankin]

2. I wish them luck, but I don't expect them to have it. N.T.