Likud Activists Urge Strategy Shift Amid Pressure on Small Right-Wing Parties
Translated & summarized from Hamal by baba
Internal Likud activists are criticizing the campaign against Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party, urging a strategy change amid growing pressure on small right-wing parties. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich met with Rabbi Eli Sadan, a figure linked to Winter, as part of consolidation efforts. Winter, however, vowed to continue his party's campaign, calling the opposition a "cruel campaign" and promising a "big surprise."
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Likud activists criticize attacks on Ofer Winter's party, urging a strategy change.
- Prime Minister Netanyahu and Bezalel Smotrich met with Rabbi Eli Sadan.
- Pressure is increasing on small right-wing parties to avoid falling below the electoral threshold.
- Ofer Winter vowed his party would continue its campaign, promising a "big surprise."
- Activists warned that attacks on Winter's party are "severely damaging" the Likud.
Pressure is mounting on small right-wing parties to merge or face elimination below the electoral threshold, with internal Likud discussions revealing criticism of the campaign against Ofer Winter's "Am Israel" party. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Religious Zionism Chairman Bezalel Smotrich met with Rabbi Eli Sadan, head of the Eli pre-military academy where Winter studied, as part of efforts to consolidate the right-wing bloc.
Internal WhatsApp communications among Likud field activists show dissent regarding the attacks on Winter's party. One activist argued that Winter is the "only one blocking" a government led by Izankot, stating that without Winter's party passing the threshold, the right would not have a government for the next four years. Others declared the "attack on him has completely failed" and called for a change in strategy, with one activist urging the Prime Minister to take command, warning that the situation was "out of control" and "severely damaging" the Likud.
Despite the external pressure and internal criticism, Winter declared to his party's candidates that he intends to continue the campaign to the end. He described the anti-party campaign as a "fear-mongering campaign through a cruel campaign" and stated that while his party lacks the resources of its rivals, it aims to "fix, unite the people, and return to the path of faith." Winter expressed confidence that his party would be a "big surprise" and urged his supporters not to give up, framing the current election as preparation for the "real contest after the elections."
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