Bayit Yehudi MK Uri Orbach told the media on Wednesday, 12 Shevat 5773 that the sharp increase in votes for Yesh Atid is the result of the scare campaign launched by Likud. Orbach explained that Likud was panicking in the last days of the campaign and it portrayed Bayit HaYehudi and Naftali Bennett as extremists, and this instilled panic in many young voters who opted to move to Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid Party.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)