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Netanyahu Meets Charedi Party Leader in Bid to Sway Election Race
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Moti Leitner, head of the Charedi Public party, in a last-ditch effort to persuade him to withdraw from next week's election. Leitner's party is unlikely to pass the electoral threshold but could draw votes from Netanyahu-aligned parties.
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What happened
- 01Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Charedi Public party leader Moti Leitner to urge him to quit the election.
- 02Leitner's party is not expected to pass the 3.25% electoral threshold but could hurt Netanyahu-aligned parties.
- 03Netanyahu reportedly offered Leitner a government advisory role in exchange for withdrawing.
- 04Leitner has refused to quit, citing a lack of "moral right" to abandon the race.
- 05Netanyahu is also attempting to persuade Ofer Winter of the People of Israel party to withdraw.
- 06Winter's party is polling near the electoral threshold and could also impact the election outcome.
Netanyahu reportedly offered Leitner a government advisory role in exchange for dropping out, but Leitner has refused. The Prime Minister is also trying to convince Ofer Winter of the People of Israel party to withdraw.
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