Netanyahu Pushes Right-Wing Unifications Amid Resistance and Offers Reserved Knesset Seats
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First reported by Channel 13 · 1 hour ago
What happened
Prime Minister Netanyahu is actively pushing for right-wing party mergers ahead of Israel's elections to prevent vote splitting, offering reserved Likud list seats as incentives. Despite resistance from key figures like Ofer Winter, Netanyahu aims to unite factions including Winter with Bezalel Smotrich and Moshe Feiglin with Itamar Ben-Gvir. Winter declined a direct Likud list offer, but allies expect him to eventually join Netanyahu's bloc.
- 01Netanyahu offers five reserved Likud Knesset seats to encourage right-wing party mergers.
- 02He promotes unifications between Ofer Winter and Bezalel Smotrich, and Moshe Feiglin and Itamar Ben-Gvir.
- 03Ofer Winter declined a direct Likud list offer and resists joining parties linked to October 7 failure.
- 04Winter’s party polls between zero and six seats, with political moves expected to escalate soon.
- 05Benny Biton revealed Winter screened Netanyahu’s calls despite being initially reserved a Likud spot.
- 06Biton predicts Winter will ultimately join Netanyahu’s bloc and serve in his future government.
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