​Members of Labor, Israel's founding party, are heading to the polls today, as the party struggles to remain relevant. Recent surveys showing Labor in an all-time low, battered by the popularity of newcomer Benny Gantz and lack of popularity for its own leader, Avi Gabbay.

Unfortunately for the younger generation of ambitious up-and-coming lawmakers, their personal political stars have risen at a time when the strength of their political home is failing. They must, therefore, first fight for their own political survival – and then for the survival of their party.