Rabbi Chaim Amsellem, whose Am Shalem party fell short of the two-seat minimum to enter the 19th Knesset has to decide if he will give it a go this time around, in the elections for the 20th Knesset. Amsellem reports that of late, with election fever in the air, he and his party have received a number of inquiries of possibly teaming up with another party. Just recently Rabbi Amsellem told the media that he had closed a deal with the National Religious party but when Naftali Bennett came and took over Bayit Yehudi, the latter opted to ignore the deal.
The leaders of the party will be meeting in the coming days as they must reach a decision as elections are likely to be held in March 2015. Amsellem has recently probed the possibility of his party joining a larger party, and he awaits a response to these inquiries as well.
In the upcoming election for the 20th Knesset, a party will require enough votes for four seats to meet the new minimum threshold for entering. Parties receiving less than four seats will not enter the Knesset and those votes will be discarded.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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May Hashem bless him with success! A true Talmid Chacham and a man with a vision for the State of Israel.
I think efforst should be made to join Bayit Yehudi again
To my mind Bayit yehudi is a party that unites – Unity is strenth.
If Shas is going to split I also suggest Eli Yishai runs with Bayit Yehudi
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a btrue talmid chacham doesnt dispazrage other talmedei chachamim
Mbachur
U got a point!!
True talmidei CHACHAMIM do not disparage other talmidei CHACHAMIM
For the record, that’s not true.
Second, the one who was disparaged was him, not the opposite.