Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have published the candidate list for their merged 'Together' (Beyachad) party, with Bennett in first place and Lapid in the second slot, according to The Zioneer. The list includes 20 candidates, featuring several new faces including Keren Turner and Merav Ben Ari.
Bennett and Lapid have formally published the candidate list for their merged 'Together' (Beyachad) party, placing Bennett first and Lapid second. The 20-person lineup includes Keren Turner, Merav Ben Ari, Liran Avisher Ben-Horin, Noam Tibon, Michal Hirsch Nagri, Eitan Ginzburg, and others.
The joint list follows weeks of merger negotiations between the two former prime ministers, whose parties had been competing for the same center-right voters. Bennett's previous showing in opinion polls had slipped significantly; as The Zioneer reported, recent surveys gave Bennett's separate list as low as 14 seats against rivals Gadi Eisenkot and Likud.
The new list positions the Bennett-Lapid bloc as a unified alternative to the current coalition. It remains to be seen how the merger affects the overall election arithmetic, with both center-left and right-leaning blocs closely watching the realignment.
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