United Torah Judaism chairman MK Yitzhak Goldknopf announced he will run in the next Knesset election, citing the blessing of his rabbi, the Gerrer Rebbe. The statement was first reported by Israeli journalist Yoeli Brim.
MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of United Torah Judaism (UTJ), confirmed Wednesday evening that he will run in the next Knesset election, citing a personal directive from his spiritual leader, the Gerrer Rebbe. 'I will run in the next Knesset election — so the Gerrer Rebbe told me,' Goldknopf stated. The announcement, first reported by journalist Yoeli Brim, follows a similar earlier statement by Goldknopf at 19:44 Jerusalem time that initially lacked the rabbinic endorsement detail. The development places UTJ squarely in the campaign ahead, with Goldknopf's senior role and the explicit backing of one of the most influential rabbinic figures in the Ashkenazi Haredi community. The precise timing of the election has not yet been set by the government.
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