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MK Avigdor Liberman meets with settler leadership in the West Bank, September 6, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
MK Avigdor Liberman, the leader of the Yisrael Beytenu party, has called on other leading opposition politicians to form a new bloc to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party in the next round of elections, according to Wednesday reports.
Liberman made the offer to opposition leader Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party, Yamina party chief Naftali Bennett and Gideon Sa’ar, who recently broke from Likud to establish the New Hope party, according to multiple Hebrew media reports.
The bloc would aim to challenge Netanyahu’s Likud party and its longtime ultra-Orthodox allies in possible elections, which appear likely to happen in the spring. The alliance would need to bridge significant gaps between the parties, and would still fall short of the parliamentary majority needed to form a governing coalition, according to recent polling.
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Then-Likud MK Gideon Sa ar during a Knesset plenary session debate on MK Haim Katz s request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution, February 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Gideon Sa’ar’s new party is enjoying a significant boost in popularity, according to a poll released Tuesday, less than a week after the former Likud MK announced his decision to break away from the ruling party to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the premiership.
The Channel 12 survey showed Sa’ar’s New Hope party scoring just six Knesset seats fewer than Likud, while fellow right-wing rival Naftali Bennett’s Yamina and Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White both lose ground.