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Democrats Party Chair Yair Golan Declines Reserved Seats for Einav Tsangoker

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First reported by Ynet · Aug 6, 2026

What happened

Yair Golan, head of the Israeli Democrats party, decided not to reserve any Knesset list spots for Einav Tsangoker following the July 20 primaries, excluding her from the party's candidate list for the upcoming elections.

01Yair Golan declined to reserve any Knesset list spots for Einav Tsangoker in the Democrats party.
02The party held digital primaries on July 20 with 86% turnout among 97,000 members.
03Meretz representatives secured three reserved spots at positions 6, 8, and 14 before the primaries.
04Golan leads the Democrats list, followed by Naama Lazimi, Gilad Kariv, and Efrat Rayten.
05Einav Tsangoker is the mother of former captive Matan Tsangoker and remains active publicly.
06The decision excludes Tsangoker from the Democrats' Knesset candidate list for the upcoming elections.

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