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Yesh Atid’s Michal Shir quits Knesset race as party faces growing wave of exits

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  • Yesh Atid lawmaker Michal Shir said she would leave the party and not seek reelection, while expressing support for Yair Lapid and her colleagues.
  • Her decision follows several other departures and creates another reshuffle before the party presents its new candidate list.
  • A Maariv poll projects the merged B’Yachad list to win 15 seats, while a political source described Yesh Atid’s situation as terminal.

Michal Shir has become the latest Yesh Atid lawmaker to step aside as the party prepares a new Knesset slate. She said Friday that she was leaving the party and would not seek reelection, while stressing her support for Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid.

“I shared with Yesh Atid chairman and former prime minister, my friend Yair Lapid, that I do not wish to run in the next Knesset election, while expressing my full confidence in him, in my colleagues in the party, which I will remain in and support, and in the need to lead significant change and correction in Israel,” Shir wrote on X.

I shared with Yesh Atid chairman and former prime minister, my friend Yair Lapid, that I do not wish to run in the next Knesset election, while expressing my full confidence in him, in my colleagues in the party, which I will remain in and support, and in the need to lead significant change and correction in Israel

· Michal ShirShir announced her decision not to seek reelection while expressing continued support for Lapid and the party.

Her announcement came a day after Karin Elharrar said she was leaving the party. Debbie Biton and Tatiana Mazarsky said earlier in the week that they would not run in the election. They join a longer list of Yesh Atid lawmakers who have announced departures, including Meir Cohen, Mickey Levy, Elazar Stern, Ron Katz, Yoav Segalovich, Orna Barbivai, Boaz Toporovsky, Yoel Razvozov and Idan Roll.

Look at what is happening there

· Political sourceAn unnamed source criticized the series of departures from Yesh Atid.

The departures come before the presentation of Yesh Atid’s revised candidate list. The party merged with B’Yachad at the start of the campaign, and Friday’s Maariv poll projected B’Yachad to win 15 seats, making it the third-largest party.

Political sources have offered harsh assessments of the party’s condition. “Look at what is happening there,” one source said. “This is a party that was established in 2013. In its first election it won 19 seats, and in the last election 24, and it is simply ending.”

This is a party that was established in 2013. In its first election it won 19 seats, and in the last election 24, and it is simply ending

· Political sourceThe source characterized the party’s current situation during the slate reshuffle.
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