Winter decries 'ugly' campaign tactics after Netanyahu, Smotrich meet with Winter's rabbi
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met with Rabbi Eli Sadan to pressure People of Israel chairman Ofer Winter to withdraw from the Knesset race.
- To incentivize his withdrawal, Smotrich offered Winter a ministerial position in the Defense Ministry and leadership over a Gaza voluntary emigration directorate.
- Criticizing the "ugly and unethical campaign" led by his opponents, Winter asserted that his party offers an alternative leadership option for the Right.
- Winter made clear he would remain in the race despite the political pressure, though his party has recently polled below or just above the required electoral threshold.
- Smotrich is expected to deliver a political statement later today regarding the ongoing efforts to influence the Knesset race.
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Far-right party head says Netanyahu met with his rabbi to push him out of race
Amcha Yisrael chairman Ofer Winter is competing with both leaders for right-wing votes, and refused to drop out. In a few recent polls, Winter's party has fallen below the 3.25-percent electoral threshold needed to enter the Knesset
Winter decries 'ugly' campaign tactics after Netanyahu, Smotrich meet with Winter's rabbi
Winter asserted that Israelis are fed up with Netanyahu and Smotrich's "ugly and unethical campaign" after the two visited Winter's rabbi in an attempt to force him to withdraw from the election.
Occupied Jerusalem: A Hebrew channel, Wednesday, revealed that the Israeli finance minister in Tesel Smutrich offered to Ufer Venter, the leader of the party of the Party of the Republic of Israel (the people of Israel), a cabinet post in the next government as soon as he withdrew from the elections, in order to prevent the loss of right-wing votes. This came six days before the Knesset (Parliament) elections scheduled for 27 October, amid warni…
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