"We will reach six to seven mandates": Optimism reigns in the new party

Elisaf Peretz, a member of the Zionist-Reservists Home party led by Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper, estimates that the party will continue to strengthen. In an interview with Eli Ohana and Barak Seri on Sunday on 103FM, he stated:

"A month ago we established a party and set out on our path. The party will grow and strengthen, and will be the deciding voice. I have my eyes on the goal, and I believe that we will strengthen and reach six to seven mandates in the end."

"Many young people like me, young couples with children at the beginning of their lives, have lost faith. They say that nothing will change, that everything is the same," said Peretz. "In the last four years, we have lost faith in the Knesset and the government. It takes time to reach out to the public and bring a new message. There are tens of thousands of Israelis who still do not find a home in the major parties and are looking at us. We will not give Benjamin Netanyahu 61 mandates, unlike others, and there are things about us that are truly different."

"Beyond the platform and the detailed work plans, people want to vote for people they believe in," the Knesset candidate stated. "Chili Tropper today is one of the most respected and reliable public figures in the State of Israel." Regarding Yoaz Hendel, he said: "I don't count the parties he has been in; I count the 500 days of reserve duty he performed, and the fact that he is the only one who established a reserve battalion in this war."

Peretz also presented his background in public service: "Until last month, I worked at the Jerusalem Municipality, where I managed the society and youth department with almost 700 employees and a budget of hundreds of millions. I established an association for bereaved siblings that supports thousands of people, and I did these things out of a sense of mission. That is exactly why I entered politics."

When asked about the possibility of sitting with the ultra-Orthodox parties in a future coalition, he replied:

"We will sit only with Zionist parties. The ultra-Orthodox parties today are not Zionist parties; they are against Zionist laws. There is a government here that has not seen the serving public, and we need to change that."

Later, he emphasized: "I am not against the ultra-Orthodox; my principled argument is against the ultra-Orthodox parties. I have an ultra-Orthodox family, and many ultra-Orthodox would be happy to serve, but their politicians are playing politics on their backs."