Labor Party forced to go second round

Labor Party leadership candidates Shelley Yachimovitch and Amir Peretz will be forced to face a second round next week after neither succeeded in winning 40 percent of the votes. The results of Monday's Labor Party primaries were released Tuesday morning and revealed that Knesset member Isaac Herzog secured 25 percent of the votes and Amram Mitzna received 12 percent. The winner in next week's round will determine who will replace interim party chairman Micha Harish to become the seventh party leader in the past decade.