by Mati Tuchfeld
Weeks after saying peace deal will not require settlement removal, Avi Gabbay says he is willing to adjust stance to win elections • "It's nice to argue, but in the end, you have to win. If you do not win elections in Israel, you're nothing," he says.
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Labor party head Avi
Gabbay
Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon
Just
weeks after signaling he would not support the removal of settlements
under a peace deal with the Palestinians, Labor party leader Avi Gabbay said he would be willing to adjust his ideological stance to win the next election, set for November 2019.
"If I have to decide
between an ideological concept and a victory in the elections, I choose
to win the elections," Gabbay told the American Jewish magazine The
Forward in an interview from which excerpts were released on Tuesday.
"It's nice to argue about
the last issue you raised, but in the end, you have to win. If you do
not win elections in Israel, you're nothing," Gabbay said. He added that
the Labor party has to start "talking Jewish" if it wants to win at the
polls.
"I try to illuminate more
positive aspects for many Israelis who see religion and tradition as an
important issue in their lives. I believe in God. These are things that
this party tries not to mention," he said.
Gabbay's recent assertion
that a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would not demand
the dismantling of settlements in Judea and Samaria sparked a political
firestorm on the Left. Gabbay later clarified that he favors the
two-state solution.
Mati Tuchfeld
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/2017/11/08/labor-leader-winning-elections-trumps-ideology/
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