Draft:2006 Shinui primary

The 2006 Shinui primary was an election held to determine the electoral list

Background

https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/jewishweekly?a=d&d=JW20041203.2.61

https://jweekly.com/2004/12/02/coalition-collides-as-sharon-sacks-shinui-party-partners/

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/17/international/middleeast/israel-moving-toward-early-elections.html

Polls for upcoming election, Competition from Kadima

Michaeli. https://www.jpost.com/diplomacy-and-politics/michaeli-lapid-invited-me-to-join-shinui-in-2006

Results

https://www.jpost.com/israel/shinui-chooses-lapid-to-head-slate

https://www.haaretz.com/2006-01-13/ty-article/mercy-killing-for-terminally-ill-party/0000017f-e19f-d7b2-a77f-e39fc81d0000

Aftermath

https://www.fpri.org/article/2013/08/can-the-israeli-center-hold/

Departures and formation of Hetz

https://www.breuerpress.com/2006/01/12/five-shinui-mks-quit-after-poraz-loses-second-slot/

https://www.jpost.com/features/shinuis-and-secular-zionist-partys-list-of-top-three-knesset-candidates

https://www.haaretz.com/2006-02-08/ty-article/shinui-breakaways-establish-new-secular-zionist-party/0000017f-ea41-ddba-a37f-ea6f9dd20000

Lapid departure

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-26-fg-lapid26-story.html

https://www.haaretz.com/2006-01-25/ty-article/bitter-shinui-leader-yosef-lapid-resigns-from-strife-torn-party/0000017f-dc0b-db22-a17f-fcbbd9b20000

https://www.jpost.com/israel/lapid-officially-resigns-from-shinui

https://www.haaretz.com/2006-01-16/ty-article/reshuffle-of-shinui-list-may-push-lapid-out/0000017f-f028-d8a1-a5ff-f0aa11cc0000

levinthal heads list https://www.haaretz.com/2006-02-10/ty-article/ron-levinthal-to-head-shinui-slate/0000017f-e9b9-df2c-a1ff-fff9c6cc0000

General election

https://en.idi.org.il/articles/5206

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/israels-2006-elections-with-a-whimper-not-a-bang/

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/il%7Dshnui.html

References