In a short period of time, we will know who succeeded in the elections for 21st Knesset and how many seats were earned by each of the respective parties.

One of the surprises and disappointments according to many is the chairman of the Zehut party, Moshe Feiglin, who once stood proudly at the helm of a right-wing grassroots organization, shouting his belief regarding exclusive Jewish sovereignty over Har Habayis and other related issues pertaining to Jewish control over Eretz Yisrael.

After being forced out of Likud and seeing his dream of taking control and becoming prime minister one day vanish, and with polls painting a bleak picture for him and his party, he recreated himself to become the promise of the voters who feel legalizing cannabis; marijuana, is more important that all other issues. According to veteran pollster Dr. Mina Tzemach, Feiglin’s support base is now coming from young right-wingers and first-time voters, also the young. He now represents their hope of becoming a nation with legalized pot, promising not to join any government coalition that does not agree to his plan.

To the chagrin of the right-wing parties, Feiglin, who the polls now show may earn five or six seats, insists if the legalization of pot it not on the coalition agenda, he will not join, and this may sabotage efforts to build a right-wing coalition.

In the accompanying video showing some of the past and present election surprises and failures, Feiglin says, albeit in jest, that “first ill get you high and then build the Beis Hamikdash”, not a statement anyone should be proud of.

While he has not declared who he will recommend for the presidential mandate to form a coalition government, as the heads of other parties have done, Feiglin is still perceived to be a member of the right-wing camp and counted among the right-wing bloc in polls.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)