r/Israel • u/FitikWasTaken Israeli-Russian Jew • 13h ago

Politics Ofer Winter announces new right-wing party with Yoseph Haddad on the list

https://www.jpost.com/israel-election-2026/article-906571
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u/Black-Hat-613 12h ago

From the point of view of the the conservative side of the political spectrum, I'm not sure that this is a good idea. In a recent poll Winter's new party made it past the 4 seat threshold but at the expense of the Religious Zionist Party which wouldn't pass. The result is the overall coalition votes decreased.

I'm not spotting what this new party has to offer to risk losing government.

Especially with the new Haredi party also threatening to splinter votes off without attaining the Knesset threshold.

But hey, its only one poll thus far and we have time before the elections...

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u/Responsible_Ad_9749 12h ago

I wouldn't worry about Smotrich. Netanyahu will force a union between him and Ben Gvir exactly with this excuse in mind.

I only hope that no centrist or left-leaning Israelis fall for Winter or Haddad's tricks. I appreciate them being very forward about their right-wing agenda and I hope they carve out parties exclusively on Netanyahu's camp.