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Baruch Marzel Reveals Vote That Split Otzma Yehudit Leadership and Criticizes Itamar Ben-Gvir
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First reported by Walla · 1 day ago
What happened
- 01Baruch Marzel exposed a leadership vote where Ben-Gvir supported relying on Ra'am, causing a party split.
- 02Marzel accused Ben-Gvir of abandoning Otzma Yehudit's ideology for political power and self-appointing as chairman.
- 03Marzel praised Ben-Gvir's prison reforms but said their main dispute is ideological, not about protests.
- 04He called for right-wing small parties to unite in a joint list or technical bloc to avoid vote splitting.
- 05Marzel supports any party including Michael Ben-Ari and criticized Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich for missing Gaza evacuation opportunity.
- 06He predicted Netanyahu will likely lose prime ministership but prefers him over Gadi Eizenkot.
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