Amid talk of uniting all the right-wing parties to avoid wasting right-wing votes, Moshe Feiglin, who chairs the Zehut party, on Wednesday registered his final list with the Central Election Committee and will once again run alone. In the last election, for 21st Knesset, in April 2019, his party did not come near earning sufficient votes to enter Knesset. While efforts were made to unite, the parties were unwilling to meet his demands.

Feiglin on a number of occasions has blamed Ayelet Shaked for failure to merge with another party. New Right and Bayit Yehudi leaders however see the picture somewhat differently than Feiglin.

In a recent interview, Feiglin recently stated that Shaked’s actions will push voters to Lieberman and Gantz of the Yisrael Beitenu and Blue & White parties respectively.

Right-wingers are by and large not pleased, as they realize the votes for Zehut are once again likely to be trashed due to his failure to unite with another party. All 22nd election polls show that his party will not clear the minimum electorate number required to enter Knesset.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)