Another Mofaz supporter, MK David Tal,
blamed the loss of
the
Iranian-born Mofaz on the prejudices of the Ashkenazi leadership
and
press.
"The press does not want Sephardim to
gain an important place in the
country's leadership,"
Tal said. "The press, the Ashkenazi establishment and the whites joined
forces to prevent Mofaz from having a chance. If they hadn't done that,
the 400
votes [actually 431] she won by could have gone the other way, but they
didn't
want him to win."