Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira, who is sought after for the number two slot on the Bayit Yehuda Party, commented on Monday that the right-wing is too splintered to achieve any real results in the upcoming general election and this will leave the right-wing with inadequate Knesset representation.
Echoing his sentiment is Aryeh Orange, who has decided to work in a voluntary capacity to pull the right-wing together towards uniting the different parties to persuade them to run under one banner to maximize Knesset representation.
Orange is seeking to unit what he calls the “orange right-wing”, referring to “orange” from Gush Katif, stating the right-wing candidates have more that unites them than divides them and they must act quickly since the lists for the Knesset must be submitted by Sunday.
An effort was undertaken on Monday afternoon, and at 8:00pm, when orange was interviewed, 1,000 people already joined and he is confident by Sunday, there will be at least 45,000. Anyone interested in urged to call orange at 057-767-9505. He explained no internet webpage will be created since time is too short.
Orange hopes to apply pressure to Bayit Yehudi members, in addition to Prof. Aryeh Eldad, who launched the Hatikvah Party, and Baruch Marzel and Rabbi Dov Ber Wolpe, insisting they can be united towards an expanded Knesset representation.
He warns that if there is no unity, the parties individually may receive 30,000 votes, not enough to enter Knesset, and four right-wing seats will have been lost.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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Splitting up the “right of Likud” vote can be very serious due to the new threshold (parties with less than three seats don’t get in, and their votes are wasted). Between Feiglin being in Likud, and various right wing splits, they could end up with four or fives seats being lost, and switching the balance of power to Kadimah (or at least forcing Likud to form a coalition with a left of center party).