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Yesh Atid MKs Dvora Biton, Tatiana Mazarsky announce they will not join B’Yachad Knesset slate

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  • Yesh Atid lawmaker Dvora Biton said she will not seek reelection on the B’Yachad slate formed by Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett.
  • Biton said she is not leaving Yesh Atid and thanked Lapid and the party after four years in the Knesset.
  • Lapid praised her service, while the decision follows similar announcements by Meir Cohen and Mickey Levy.

Dvora Biton will not seek reelection with Yair Lapid’s B’Yachad alliance in Israel’s Oct. 27 Knesset elections, but she said she is not leaving Yesh Atid.

I am concluding four intensive and meaningful years in the Knesset with a great sense of satisfaction.

— Dvora BitonBiton described her time in parliament after announcing she would not seek reelection on the B’Yachad slate.

Biton announced her decision Tuesday after Yesh Atid joined with former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to form B’Yachad earlier this year. She said she would remain involved in public activity and described her four years in the Knesset as intensive and meaningful.

Biton thanked Lapid and Yesh Atid for years of work, friendship and joint action. Lapid responded by thanking her for her service and praising her personal resilience, describing her as “the one who taught us all how to turn hardship into strength and pain into an inspiring journey.”

the one who taught us all how to turn hardship into strength and pain into an inspiring journey.

— Yair LapidLapid praised Biton in a statement thanking her for her service.

He added, “We are not parting today, we are starting another chapter.” Her announcement follows decisions by fellow Yesh Atid lawmakers Meir Cohen and Mickey Levy, who also confirmed that they would not run with the party.

We are not parting today, we are starting another chapter.

— Yair LapidLapid characterized the relationship as continuing despite Biton’s decision not to run with the slate.
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