Attorney and right-wing activist Itamar Ben-Givir, a leader of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Strength) party, on Sunday announced that he and his colleagues are not ruling out teaming up with Moshe Feiglin and his Zehut party in the next Knesset elections. Ben-Givir made his remarks in an interview with the dati leumi Srugim website.
Moshe Feiglin heard the reports and he did not waste any time distancing himself from Ben-Givir and his Otzma Yehudit colleagues; Baruch Marzel, Bentzion Gupstein and Dr. Michael Ben-Ari. In the last election, Otzma ran with Eli Yishai and his Yachad party, and on Sunday, failing to enter Knesset. On Sunday morning, Ben-Givir explained he was not ruling out cooperation with either Feiglin or Yishai’s lists.
Clearly, Feiglin, whowas once viewed as a serious contender, distanced himself from Ben-Givir, telling the media, that his Zehut party respects the work of the founders of Otzma Yehudit, as well as their efforts.
That said, Feiglin added, “Zehut has significantly different goals and audience from the Otzma Yehudit party, and therefore, there will not be unity between Otzma Yehudit and Manhigut Yehudit ahead of elections.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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How about Yoni Chetboun
no doubt that Moshe Feiglin is one of the top people in Israeli politics but he seems not to get any popular support and unfortunately does not seem to have a chance to get in the Knesset….
Feiglin certainly does have a different agenda from regular religious parties.
Skip him.
Hopefully his politics of Libertarianism will remain in the outskirts like it does in US politics, in Israel , where a Torah outloook influences our poitical view. In Israel, it has even less reason to exist.
Better that the members of National Union that run in joint list with Jewish Home drop out of that agreement and run with Otzma and Yachad (Yishai and Chetbon’s party).
Those people all show respect for Judaism, in both national and religiious aspects, and should make reasonable partners.