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Two Senior Yesh Atid Figures Opt Out of Next Election
Former Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy and former MK Meir Cohen have announced they will not run in the next Israeli election on the Yesh Atid party slate. Both will take on new roles within the party, with Levy chairing its tribunal and Cohen leading the Yesh Atid Conference.
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What happened
- 01Mickey Levy and Meir Cohen will not run in the next election for Yesh Atid.
- 02Levy will chair the party's tribunal; Cohen will lead the Yesh Atid Conference.
- 03Both cited a desire to make way for the next generation of party leaders.
- 04The departures follow MK Elazar Stern's exit from Yesh Atid.
- 05Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid expressed continued support for Cohen.
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