Ben-Gvir Refuses Surplus Deal With Winter's Party
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir will not sign a surplus agreement with Ofer Winter's Am Echad Yisrael party, calling Winter "Bennett 2." The deadline for signing these electoral surplus agreements is October 16. Another party, led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Ze'likha, has also not yet signed an agreement. These agreements are crucial for maximizing Knesset seats by pooling unused votes.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Itamar Ben-Gvir will not sign a surplus agreement with Ofer Winter's party.
- Ben-Gvir compared Ofer Winter to former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
- The deadline for signing surplus agreements is October 16.
- Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Ze'likha's party also has not signed an agreement.
- Surplus agreements help parties gain more Knesset seats.
Otzma Yehudit party chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Tuesday that he will not sign a surplus agreement with Ofer Winter's Am Echad Yisrael party. Ben-Gvir stated on the social media platform X that "Winter is Bennett 2, therefore Otzma Yehudit will not sign a surplus agreement with him." A surplus agreement allows parties to pool unused votes to gain more seats in the Knesset. The deadline for signing such agreements is October 16. Besides Otzma Yehudit and Am Echad Yisrael, the party led by Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Ze'likha, described as a reservists-economic party, has also not yet signed a surplus agreement with another party.
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