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Shlomo Filber Highlights Strength of Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism Party Despite Recent Poll Setback
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First reported by Srugim · 2 hours ago
What happened
Shlomo Filber refutes claims that Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party is collapsing, highlighting a loyal voter base worth nearly 5.5 Knesset seats and strong support despite recent polls. He notes that new right-wing competitors mainly attract disaffected voters, not the party's core supporters.
- 01Religious Zionism's core base equals nearly four Knesset seats, per Filber.
- 02About 65,000 first-time religious state school voters add 1.5 seats often missed by polls.
- 03The party has the second highest voter loyalty after Likud and ultra-Orthodox parties.
- 04Ofer Winter's new party mainly attracts voters who abandoned Smotrich over four years.
- 05Media and pollsters have underestimated the party's enduring support.
- 06Filber asserts Smotrich remains a strong figure in the right-wing political landscape.
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