Netanyahu sounds alarm over right-wing splinter parties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is worried. New right-wing parties running in the Oct. 27 election will “burn” coalition votes, he warns in a video posted to his Instagram account on Monday. By “burn,” he means that votes going to parties that don’t pass the 3.25% electoral threshold will be lost to his coalition.Netanyahu painted a potential repeat of 1992, when the right-wing fragmented into multiple parties, many of which failed to pass the threshold, then 1.5%. Some 100,000 votes were lost, most on the right. The collapse led to the rise of a left-wing government headed by Yitzhak Rabin, which brought about the Oslo Accords and the rise of a Palestinian entity ruling over the Gaza Strip and parts of Judea and Samaria.The mistake cost Israel thousands of lives, Netanyahu said. He cautioned that a government led by his current challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, would bring about the final stage…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed concern that new right-wing parties in the upcoming October 27 Israeli election could "burn" coalition votes by failing to pass the 3.25% electoral threshold. He warned of a potential repeat of the 1992 election, when fragmented right-wing votes led to a left-wing government and the Oslo Accords. Netanyahu stated, "The only way to prevent this is first of all to say no to voting for these small parties." Political studies expert Liron Lavi noted that while new parties are common, the right is more at risk from splinter parties this election. Commentator Gadi Taub supported Netanyahu's fears, highlighting that polls show the Religious Zionism Party "teetering" on the threshold and questioning the motives of figures like Ofer Winter, whose new party could split the right-wing vote.
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