The challenge of the coalition and the opposition: what to do with the small parties?

Three weeks before the elections, both blocs are far from 61 seats. The article examines the challenges of the coalition and the opposition regarding the small parties: Likud fears a waste of votes for Ofer Winter's 'Amcha Yisrael' and the Handel-Zelicha party, while the opposition tries to get Gantz to drop out. A Kan News poll shows for the first time that 'Amcha Yisrael' does not pass the electoral threshold.

Three weeks before election day, the two major political blocs are far from the 61 seats needed to form a coalition. The article examines the strategic challenges of the coalition led by Netanyahu and the opposition led by Eisenkot regarding the small parties. Likud is concerned about wasted votes for Ofer Winter's 'Amcha Yisrael' party, which has fallen below the electoral threshold in the latest Kan News poll but could still draw votes. Meanwhile, the party of Yoaz Handel and Yaron Zelicha passes the threshold with 4 seats, with an estimate that half of its votes come from the coalition and half from the change bloc. Handel clarified that he would not join a government with the ultra-Orthodox but would go with the Eisenkot bloc. On the other side, Gantz stands at an average of one percent and is busy with a final campaign, while the opposition tries to get him to drop out with tempting offers. A Kan News poll shows Eisenkot's 'Yashar' leading with 23 seats, Likud with 21, Bennett's 'Together' returning to 12, and Golan's Democrats with 8.