Likud Officials Urge Campaign Rethink Over Anti-Winter Strategy

Internal Likud election campaign data suggests growing tension regarding the strategy targeting Ofer Winter, according to a report by Eli Zilberberg. A review of posts on Netanyahu's accounts attacking Winter revealed low engagement, with only a few thousand likes (1,700 to 4,000). This contrasts sharply with posts about the Likud campaign and Netanyahu's UN speech, which garnered between 11,000 and 35,000 likes.

Concerns are mounting within Likud that Winter is consistently surpassing the electoral threshold in polls. Continued attacks on him could lead to wasted votes, a decline in Likud's poll numbers, and a strengthening of the rival bloc led by Yisrael Katz. The internal data may prompt a shift in approach, given Winter's apparent popularity among right-wing voters.

The Likud party has vehemently denied the report, calling it "complete fake news and a baseless fabrication." They reiterated their stance that Winter's candidacy endangers the right-wing bloc and could result in the formation of a left-wing government.