Episode 27 - The puppeteer (Or how Netanyahu orchestrated the split in the Arab Joint List and to minimize the potential votes lose within Israeli Ultra Right)

39 parties registered for the upcoming legislative elections in Israel. 2 interesting stories lay on the edges - The split in the Arab parties, between Mansour Abas and RAAM party from the Joint List &  what happened between Yamina & the Ultra right Jewish parties, with a last-minute merger between Betzalel Smotrich’s “religious Zionism Alliance & Kahana’s successor Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otazma Yehudit who earlier that week merged with NOAM, the Anti-LGBTQ religious party, leaving Hagit Moshe & the Jewish Home out of the game.

 

Along with my friend Jeff Becker, we will dive into what happened behind the scenes.

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