Posted on 03/21/21
| News Source: i24
Gafni says his alliance with Netanyahu's Likud is based on political standing of 'traditional' public
Moshe Gafni, head of Israel's religious-right United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party, said on Saturday he would "consider options" should Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to secure 61 mandates after the March 23 elections.
In his interview for Channel 12, Gafni said that the party would consider other ways before heading into the fifth elections in that scenario.
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A fifth vote in two years of political deadlock would be a "disaster," Gafni said, adding he was hoping this wouldn't happen.
Gafni, a long-time Netanyahu ally, said that his movement aligned with the PM's Likud party because it speaks to the "traditional" voters, while right-wing standing was not necessarily something he was looking at. Read more at i24