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Israeli Labour Party should now enter government

The Israeli election results – with exit polls giving Kadima a lower than expected 29 seats and Labour an excellent 19 seats – makes the Labour Party a natural coalition Government member commented the President of the Party of European Socialists, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen. “This result should propel the Israeli Labour Party into Government” said Rasmussen. “For the sake of Israeli society, the new Government must put the concerns of the Labour Party about economic justice and social cohesion high on their agenda.”