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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Amram is studying to be a lawyer.

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