Otzma Yehudit Party Finalizes Knesset List with Key Appointments

The Otzma Yehudit party has largely finalized its slate for the upcoming Knesset elections, with party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir set to head the list. Tali Gottlieb, who recently switched from the Likud party, is expected to be placed second. The list also includes incumbent ministers and Knesset members, with new faces appearing in the latter half of the top ten.

Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf is slated for the third position, followed by Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu in fourth place. MK Limor Son Har Melech will be fifth, and MK Yitzhak Kroizer sixth. Hananel Drapman, Ben-Gvir's chief of staff, is listed seventh, with Otzma Yehudit activist Tzachi Eliyahu at eighth.

Ben-Gvir has placed Rabbi Yossi Goldberg, a Chabad figure, at ninth, and the party's CEO and bereaved brother, Itiel Neiman, at tenth. Legal advisor David Bavli will be eleventh, and activist and Hebron advocate Yishai Fleischer will take the twelfth spot.

Ben-Gvir praised Goldberg's addition, highlighting his dedication and ability to connect with the Haredi public. Fleischer, a member of the Efrat council and an international spokesperson for the renewal of Jewish settlement in Hebron, boasts a significant online following and frequently appears in international media advocating for Jewish rights in Israel. He has defended Ben-Gvir in interviews, including on Piers Morgan's show, and works to promote the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.