Dissent Labor MK Eitan Cabel vowed Thursday to take the Histadrut labor federation to court to challenge the results of Tuesday’s leadership race, even though he lost by a huge margin to incumbent Histadrut chief Ofer Eini.

With Labor neo-liberal Eini led Cabel, 66.5% t to 33.4%. Eini’s Ogenim list for the Histadrut convention received twice as many votes as Cabel’s Bayit Hevrati list. “If someone thinks I will give up and not investigate how Eini ran this election, I assure you that I do not intend to rest or be silent,” Cabel said. “The Eini era is over. You can call me the next head of the Histadrut.”

Cabel vowed to lead a fighting opposition in the Histadrut using the base that he won in the race. He said he would make sure that Eini will no longer be able to get away with what he had done in the past, including pressure tactics against his critics and favoring large unions over smaller ones. “Considering that this was a battle of David against Goliath, our achievement is huge,” Cabel said. “We were up against an organized force that did everything possible to steal the election. According to the official election results published Friday, for first time Hadash won two local Workers Councils in Nazareth an the Southern Triangle. Hadash also won three local Na’amat Women’s Histadrut local councils in Nazareth, Central Galilee and the Southern Triangle