we are rid of the arrogant Bolshevik! Now the 5-7 seats that went to Lapid because the Bolshevik was leading labor will return home. Good riddance

The core, the very reason for being, has always been Zionism. Labor fell away from its Zionist roots and ideology, and thus lost favor with the Israeli people, the overwhelming majority of whom are strongly Zionist. It is to be hoped that under Herzog, Labor will return to Zionist principles. Absent that, it will wither away and die. There is no room in the State of Israel for non-Zionists. You'd think they'd have figured it out by now just by virtue of the sheer number of people who have left the Labor party, but no. Instead of spending all their time criticizing Likud and other right-leaning parties, Labor would be better served looking to the dominant ideology of its party members and in mending fences with them. Otherwise, they face ever-declining membership numbers. Which, unless Labor changes its focus, may not be such a bad thing.

the good news is that she lost.

It doesn't matter who leads Labor. Golda Meir was the last decent Labor leader. Since than, Labor has become a dangerous joke. Israel needs to bring Labor to justice and force it to compensate Oslo victims. Than Israel needs to lose Labor. It serves nobody except Israel's enemies.

Shelly had been in labor too long.

Her greatest weakness is that she is not a leader. A leader needs to know how to optimise a team. Her mother gave it away at the last election when she said on TV that since childhood her daughter liked to do things herself. That is not the stuff prime ministers are made of

You claim to understand Zionism. Where did you learn this? On Broadway or in LA. Come on Sara, please do not criticize people who live in Israel and fulfil their Zionist ideas.