Is Netanyahu satisfied? The Jewish Home and Religious Zionism will declare a connection

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Another union is on the right: Religious Zionism and the Jewish Home will announce a connection tonight (Tuesday), following negotiations between the party leaders Bezalel Smutrich and Hagit Moshe.

The unifying list that emerges: in first place will be Smutrich, in second place Moshe, in third place a candidate of religious Zionism and in fourth place a member of the Jewish House (appointed with the consent of the party leaders). In the fifth place, which is considered unrealistic, a candidate from the Jewish House will also be included.
Moshe, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, is considered close to Prime Minister Netanyahu. In the election for the presidency of the Jewish House, she defeated party secretary Nir Orbach, who is considered close to Bennett. It is possible that the move will help the right-wing bloc in the election, as the votes of parties that are not expected to pass the blocking percentage will not be “thrown out” if they run separately. If the union does materialize, it will be the second union in the right-wing camp in three days, after Noam and Jewish power announced a union.

The rock of contention between Moshe and Smutrich was the identity of the second candidate in the first quartet. The parties agreed that Bezalel Smutrich would be in the first place and Moshe in the second, but she demanded that the following places be determined by the Richerch method, while in religious Zionism they proposed a compromise according to which Smutrich would choose which of the Jewish House members would be placed in the fourth place.

Until yesterday, Moshe refused, as she did not want to part with Davidi Ben-Zion, who is in second place in the Jewish home, but now she has agreed to accept a compromise according to which the candidate will decide with Smutrich’s consent. Apparently, he will not be Ben Zion.

“Seven seats in case of unification”

In the last few days, the Jewish House has threatened to connect with Jewish power or even with the right, and yesterday they did start exploring. In the right-wing party, they received a “no” and it seems that Naftali Bennett is not interested in joining them. This is mainly because his list is already compiled and there is no real reason to part with expensive real places for very few votes.

Jewish power were more enthusiastic about connecting on the right, also because of a more tangible danger of encounter below the blocking percentage, but in the Jewish home prefer to connect with religious Zionism and only then with Jewish power so as not to find themselves without these two parties eventually.

Sources in Jewish power added that polls speak of seven seats to the extent that Noam, Jewish power, religious Zionism and the Jewish home will run together. “It’s either we’ll all go in or we’ll all be out. We’ll not be anyone’s plaything. There’s a desire to use us to say to the other side ‘here we go to sign’, just to improve positions in negotiations and then sign with the other side. We’re in favor of connecting “But if we all connect together and not for the sake of spins,” the sources noted.

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