Opposition leader Yair Lapid responded Monday to a report about a potential new party by Benny Gantz, Orna Shimchai, and Yoaz Hendel, saying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to establish satellite parties to steal votes from the opposition bloc.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid on Monday addressed reports of a potential new political party being formed by Benny Gantz, Orna Shimchai, and Yoaz Hendel, according to journalist Dafna Liel. Lapid said the move is an attempt by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to create satellite parties designed to siphon votes from the opposition bloc. The remarks come amid ongoing coalition maneuvering and realignment in Israeli politics, where smaller factions have shifted allegiances and new party formations regularly reshape the electoral map. As The Zioneer has reported, Lapid and his ally Naftali Bennett have been working to maintain a broad united opposition bloc aimed at defeating Netanyahu in future elections. The emergence of a Gantz-Shimchai-Hendel faction could fragment the center-right space and complicate Lapid's strategy. No further details on the reported party formation have been confirmed, and neither Gantz, Shimchai, nor Hendel have issued a statement.
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