I hope that the new chairman will bring a breath of fresh air to the party and help it realize the dreams of every citizen of the state, whether Arab or Jew. Beilin said he believed that only Burg could bring young voters to the party. However, he cautioned that with the return to indirect elections for prime minister, the party has regained its importance and it will no longer sacrifice itself to the will of its chairman. Beilin also blasted MKs Haim Ramon and Shlomo Ben-Ami for declaring in a party ideological conference on Sunday that Labor has no chance of winning the next election through the indirect election system. If you say we can't win, we never will.
Labor can win, but only if it has a message.
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