Amram Mitzna, the mayor of Haifa, is presently ahead of Mr Ben-Eliezer in the opinion polls, with Mr Ramon trailing.

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But Labour's leader, Amram Mitzna, says he will not join, and the centrist Shinui party, which came third, will not share power with an ultra-Orthodox party.

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Now thoughts are turning to the general election on January 28th 2003, when the newly elected leader of the Labour Party, Amram Mitzna, will face Mr Sharon.

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Amram Mitzna, Labour's candidate for prime minister in Israel's upcoming election, would have a better chance were it not for his almost total lack of support among Russian-Israelis.

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More than a year ago Mauboussin started talking to scholars exploring real options, like Martha Amram, a managing director at Chicago's Navigant Consulting and a former professor at Boston University.

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This week, a new contender has entered the lists: Amram Mitzna, mayor of Haifa and a former general, who believes he can breathe new life into the flagging and dispirited party of peace.

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The London conference and the row it has caused between Britain and Israel have had little impact on the election campaign mainly because the opposition Labour candidate, Amram Mitzna, declined to make them an issue.

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Amram is studying to be a lawyer.

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