Attorney Shlomo Lerner, chairman of the Likud Reservists Forum, sent a letter to Yoaz Hendel demanding he change the name of his party, 'The Reservists', arguing it appropriates reserve service for partisan politics. Lerner and other Likud reservists rejected what they called a 'false presentation' that the reserve corps supports Hendel's agenda, and said a majority of reservists hold right-wing views and back the government.
The demand follows the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a challenge against the Registrar of Political Parties' approval of the name 'The Reservists' for Yoaz Hendel's party, as The Zioneer reported on June 10. Attorney Shlomo Lerner, who represents the Likud Reservists Forum, sent the letter against the backdrop of a petition to the High Court of Justice on the same issue. Lerner wrote that choosing the name 'Reservists' was an 'anti-statist act' harming reservists who serve with no political interest, and that Hendel does not represent the reserve corps. The forum cited current polls showing Hendel's party failing to pass the electoral threshold as evidence that the public does not back his claim to represent reservists.
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