Netanyahu Urges New Party Leaders to Withdraw or Unite to Avoid Splitting Votes
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Prime Minister Netanyahu criticized new Knesset candidates Ofer Winter, Moshe Feiglin, and Avi Maoz after Winter's party launch, urging them to withdraw or unite with existing parties to avoid splitting votes and risking political setbacks.
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- Netanyahu criticized Ofer Winter and other new candidates after Winter launched a new party.
- He urged Winter, Feiglin, and Maoz to withdraw to avoid failing the electoral threshold.
- Netanyahu warned that splitting votes could harm existing parties and cause political damage.
- He stressed the issue is national, not personal, and called for unity or withdrawal.
- Netanyahu made these remarks during a conference visit in Binyamin on Tuesday evening.
Following the launch of a new political party by retired Brigadier General Ofer Winter, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Winter and other new candidates during a visit to a conference in Binyamin on Tuesday evening. Netanyahu specifically mentioned Winter alongside Moshe Feiglin and Avi Maoz, urging them to withdraw from the Knesset race to prevent the risk of not passing the electoral threshold. He warned that failing to cross the threshold would waste votes, while those who do pass could undermine existing parties, potentially causing significant political damage. Netanyahu emphasized the national stakes, stating, "There is no personal issue with any of them, there is a national problem." He called on the new parties to either withdraw or unite with established parties, saying, "If you care about the Land of Israel and the people of Israel, this is what you must do."
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