Smotrich Enters Joint Ticket Talks with Former Likud MK Feiglin as Likud Slams Ben-Gvir

Israel ruling party blasts Ben-Gvir for ruling out electoral alliance

Benjamin Netanyahu's party fears the move will hand opposition victory in poll slated for late October

Smotrich enters joint ticket talks with former Likud MK Feiglin as Likud slams Ben-Gvir

Simultaneously, tensions grew between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Likud party after he announced that Otzma Yehudit would not run together with the Religious Zionist Party.

Ben Gvir rejects Netanyahu’s call to merge Jewish supremacist bloc ahead of ballots

The Jewish Power leader fears Netanyahu plans to form a coalition with opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot ahead of the Knesset elections slated for October

Ben Gvir defies Netanyahu: No deal with Smotrich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for unity to save right-wing bloc, Otzma Yehudit declares decision to run separately 'final and absolute.'

Ben-Gvir Rejects Joint Election Ticket With Smotrich’s Religious Zionism Party

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Ben-Gvir defies Netanyahu, warns Smotrich alliance could scare off voters

Netanyahu was quick to launch a campaign to unite the far-right Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism parties, but Ben-Gvir has rejected the move. His aides claim that Smotrich is driving away electors, particularly ultra-Orthodox and Mizrahi voters, toward Ofer Winter's new party