3.25% Separates: The Right Already Paid for Its Mistake Once - Will It Repeat It? | Yossi Achimeir

Yossi Achimeir analyzes the significance of the electoral threshold ahead of the 2026 elections, warning that a split in the right-wing bloc could waste votes. He calls on Likud to convince its voters not to vote for small parties like those of Erdan and Edelstein, and to prefer the internal primaries. In his view, democracy is not anarchy, and the threshold is meant to prevent delusional lists.

Yossi Achimeir, a columnist for Maariv, addresses the high electoral threshold (3.25%) and its implications for the 2026 elections. He argues that the threshold is meant to prevent tiny parties from entering the Knesset, and that a limited number of parties suffices to represent the public. However, he warns that a split in the right-wing bloc, with parties like those of Gilad Erdan and Yuli Edelstein, could waste right-wing votes and make it harder for Likud to form a coalition. Achimeir calls on Likud to convince its voters to vote in the internal primaries rather than for vanity lists, and asserts that democracy is not anarchy. He invokes the legacy of Jabotinsky and past lists led by Begin and Shamir as a model for a worthy list.