Right-wing Bloc

The chairman of Amach Yisrael, who is under heavy pressure in the right-wing bloc, is holding talks with Yaron Zelekha's Economic Party. No responses were received from the parties.

After calling on Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to unite with Smotrich ahead of the upcoming elections due to fears of losing votes in the right-wing bloc, the Prime Minister will be a guest tonight on the TV show "The Patriots" on Channel 14.

Ofer Winter's entry into the arena shuffled the deck, and polls left the Religious Zionism party out of the Knesset. Netanyahu invited Smotrich and Ben Gvir to a meeting, but the latter refused to attend. Possible mergers are expected to be finalized at the last minute.

Prime Minister: "Every time we ran united, we won; when we ran divided, we lost." Netanyahu recalled the 1992 scenario, where three right-wing parties failed to pass the electoral threshold: "We got the Oslo disaster." Ben Gvir in response: "You want Otzma Yehudit to be small so you can go for unity with Eisenkot."

Reserve Brigadier General Ofer Winter has officially launched a new right-wing party. The list includes activist Yoseph Haddad, journalist Netali Shem Tov, Sigal Kraunik-Atiya, and several other public figures.

Ofer Winter will launch his new party tomorrow at an event attended by hundreds of people at the Shalva Center in Jerusalem. Even before the launch, sources in the coalition are warning of a split in the right-wing bloc, while the party clarifies that the goal is to establish a right-wing government.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addressed the upcoming election campaign today (Monday) and ruled out the possibility of running together with Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich. In an interview with 103fm, Ben Gvir said that a connection between the two could harm the strength of the right-wing bloc, and called on Smotrich to join the new party of Brig. Gen. (res.) Ofer...

Knesset member Zvi Sukkot criticized the potential establishment of a new party by Ofer Winter: "It is something that endangers the right-wing bloc."

Communications Minister Karhi clarified that he opposes reservations for himself in the Likud primaries, calling the requests of senior officials "ridiculous." In an interview, he attacked Bennett, Eisenkot, and Edelstein, and accused the legal counsel of sabotaging the draft law.

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages and former Chief Rabbi, accused the Prime Minister of animosity toward the Haredi community and called for cooperation with the left, according to a report in Haaretz.

Netanyahu has marked the Likud list as a central target: eight reserved spots, a search for 'reinforcement players', and the weakening of the Bitan-Katz axis — on the way to reshaping the party ahead of the elections.

Against the backdrop of the possibility that Gilad Erdan will also announce the establishment of a party this week, pressure on the right due to the risk of wasted votes is increasing. Minister Amichai Chikli urged new political forces to unite to clear the electoral threshold or withdraw from the race.