Potential for Jewish Home to pass electoral threshold is there, but Sara Netanyahu has issued a ‘complete veto,’ Haaretz journalist says.
By Orly Harari, INN
Ayelet ShakedTomer Neuberg/Flash90
Haaretz journalist Yossi Verter on Friday morning wrote that a “complete veto” from the “house in Caesarea” is preventing MK Benjamin Netanyahu from helping Ayelet Shaked’s Jewish Home party pass the electoral threshold.
“If Netanyahu would say outright, or even by means of an emissary or representative, that those who define themselves ‘Religious Zionists’ who are not able to vote for the Likud or Religious Zionism (and there are more than a few like this) are invited to vote for the Jewish Home, and if he would add that Shaked will be a desired part of his government, she would, today, have a not unlikely chance of four Knesset seats, and he would cross the 61-seat mark,” Verter wrote.
“The electoral potential is there,” he emphasized. “The complete veto from the house in Caesarea, which is authoritative, [and] the eternal boycott of our Mrs. Sara, is also there. And in the meantime it overpowers all other rational reasoning.”
Earlier this week, Shaked told those close to her, “I know that if Netanyahu will say a sentence, two sentences, the right sentences, I will pass the electoral threshold and he will easily reach 62, maybe 63 [seats]. I know that he wants this, that he understands. But she isn’t letting him.”
According to Verter, Shaked now has the equivalent of approximately two Knesset seats.
“National Unity has identified, in recent surveys, between half and three-quarters of a Knesset seat, around 20,000 voters, who right now support the Jewish Home but who on November 1 will not vote for them, if they believe their votes will go to waste,” he said.
“These people,” National Unity’s Matan Kahana said this week, “can be brought to us. They are religious moderates, who do not even think of voting for Netanyahu or [MK Itamar] Ben-Gvir (Religious Zionism). They love what I did in the Religious Affairs Ministry.”
I think most Israeli voters don’t understand Ms Shaked’s tactical skills. As far as I know, it works excellently and successfully in the background. She would fight for jewish values in every government and make decisive moves in favor of israel, just like in the judicial system.
What is it about “Sara”! Who is using who?
Is she like Fetterman Brazilian wife?
There is only one metric which should concern any of us regarding Shaked’s candidacy, and that is whether it is more likely that a Right wing govt can be formed with her or without her. Shaked is very Right wing, despite her move to support her team leader Bennett. She has shed her devotee now and stands alone in this election, even as she is part of Jewish Home, but they will not support her if she does not support forming a Right wing govt. Also, should Jewish Home make it over the threshold, this would increase the Right wing numbers, and by at least one if not by two. So, if Shaked were to go all Bennett on us and not support the Right wing govt, we would be either no worse off, or with one seat to the good. It is simply a matter of electoral math, and the math entirely endorses the premise of supporting Shaked and Jewish Home. It’s just a question of whether we can set aside our anger at her recent actions in helping the previous govt first be formed and last for an entire year. Do recall though, that despite this, it was Shaked who was making every effort to bring the Right to power without an election, and that miserable Bennett double crossed her while she was making moves to do exactly this – I do recall this being reported in Arutz at the time and the reports synced well enough with Shaked’s own description of these events. So, I do believe that the Right is being catatonically foolish by not offering Shaked their support to enter the Knessett so that she can offer the Right her support in forming a govt.
The women is full of BS
1. Haaretz – How much do we trust this information?
2. Is there a deeper purpose to this article ( trying to tell the intended target voters, that Bibi really wants to but can’t endorse..
Suggests.. in an underhanded way, that he does endorse..
Does he really?
3. Why does Sara “embargo” Ayalet?
This should be important? (If she Does… is it true?)…
4. Does Sara have this much power over Bibster?
Really? (in a Mideast Culture.. does it call Bibster’s manhood into question in a subtle way…
Just askin…