How the small parties endanger the election outcome | Dr. Eitan Lesri

Dr. Eitan Lesri analyzes the electoral danger from threshold parties, particularly "Amcha Yisrael" of Ofer Winter and "The Reservists and the Economic Party" of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha, which hover around the electoral threshold. He argues that their failure could lead to a loss of votes and tip the balance of blocs between Netanyahu and Eisenkot and Bennett.

Dr. Eitan Lesri analyzes in an opinion article the electoral danger posed by threshold parties, particularly "Amcha Yisrael" of Ofer Winter and "The Reservists and the Economic Party" of Yoaz Hendel and Yaron Zelicha, which hover around the electoral threshold. The article argues that the failure of these parties to pass the electoral threshold could lead to the loss of thousands of votes and tip the balance of blocs between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot and Naftali Bennett. Lesri presents an analysis of various scenarios, relying on recent polls, and warns against a split of right-wing votes. He calls on right-wing voters to consider not only ideological representation but also the party's ability to pass the electoral threshold, and cites historical examples from 1992, 2019, and 2022 where parties falling below the threshold changed the balance of power.