Knesset speaker calls on Winter to withdraw from election, claims he is endangering right-wing bloc

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (Likud) urged Ofer Winter, chairman of the People of Israel party, to withdraw from the upcoming election, asserting that Winter's party endangers the right-wing bloc by risking not passing the electoral threshold. Ohana stated, "Winter needs to withdraw, he is endangering the right-wing camp." He dismissed concerns about Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party surpassing Likud in polls, citing historical inaccuracies in pre-election surveys. Winter, however, rejected Ohana's call, claiming Likud had failed to secure slots for his party members and that his party is "here to stay," aiming to refresh the government with new leadership.