In the lead-up to Monday's Labor party primaries, the party's biggest concern is the possibility of low voter turnout, which could have massive repercussions on Election Day.
Labor members fully realize that the moment of truth is near, and the pressure to join forces with the far-left Meretz party is on the rise. At the same time, senior party officials and activists have reportedly hatched a plan to oust Labor Chairman Avi Gabbay in the 10 days between the party primaries and the Feb. 21 deadline to submit a final Knesset list.
Senor Labor officials are trying to energize party activists to avoid a scenario in which low voter turnout would convince the public that the party has become irrelevant and lost faith in Gabbay.
Youval Mor Mously, a senior Labor member, is part of group calling for former Prime Minister Ehud Barak to take Gabbay's place.
"Barak refuses Gabbay's unattractive offer of being No.2," Mously said.
"It is only by placing Barak as No. 1 that we can breathe new life into the party and make it so that 10 good lawmakers are elected in the primaries next week," Mously said.
