Posted on 12/16/20
| News Source: i24
Yifat Shasha-Biton leaves Likud to join Sa'ar's party as polls show New Hope to garner 21 seats in parliament
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman will call on fellow lawmakers Yair Lapid, Gideon Sa’ar and Naftali Bennett to join forces and run together on Wednesday, Israeli media reported.
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According to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, Liberman will begin campaigning Wednesday for a potential bloc that would include Lapid’s Yesh Atid, Sa’ar’s New Hope and Bennett’s Yamina parties.
News outlet Ynet said Liberman addressed the three in an open letter, calling on them to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and ultra-Orthodox parties currently allied.
The move comes after Sa’ar came second to Netanyahu in recent polls with 21 seats in Israel's parliament, the Knesset. Likud Knesset member Yifat Shasha-Biton became the first member of her party to defect to Sa'ar's New Hope after he announced he was leaving the Likud last week. Read more at i24