Netanyahu Warns Right-Wing Voters Against Supporting Small Parties to Prevent Left-Wing Rise

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video urging right-wing voters not to support small right-wing parties that are polling below the electoral threshold. He warned that splitting votes among these minor parties would guarantee a left-wing victory, which he described as a disaster for Israel.

Netanyahu illustrated his point by recalling the 1962 elections, when right-wing vote fragmentation allowed the left to come to power. He claimed that the left then facilitated the establishment of Palestinian entities in Gaza and the West Bank, leading to ongoing security challenges and thousands of casualties.

He cautioned against repeating this mistake, criticizing new right-wing parties that claim to have all the answers but risk diluting the vote. Netanyahu likened voting for these small parties to throwing votes away.

The prime minister also warned that a left-wing government, potentially including figures like Benny Gantz, Yair Golan, Mansour Abbas, and Avigdor Lieberman, would sell out the country and impose a fascist regime. He predicted such a government would restrict freedom of speech, shut down media outlets, and suppress dissent.

Netanyahu concluded by urging right-wing voters to avoid supporting small parties, emphasizing that wasting votes would ensure a left-wing government and be disastrous for Israel politically, internally, and for democracy. He stressed that preventing this outcome is in the voters' hands.