The proposal of Rabbi Leventer that was rejected
Three senior rabbis of Religious Zionism met with Ofer Winter and proposed to obtain a signed commitment from Netanyahu and Smotrich for positions in the next government in exchange for withdrawing from the elections. Winter rejected the proposal and claimed that his party passes the electoral threshold.
Three senior rabbis of Religious Zionism met today (Thursday) with Major General (res.) Ofer Winter, chairman of the 'Amcha Yisrael' party, and proposed to obtain for him a signed commitment from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, promising positions in the next government, in exchange for his withdrawal from the Knesset race. The meeting was attended by the head of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, Rabbi Yaakov Shapira, the rabbi of Safed, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, and Rabbi Eitan Izman. The rabbis sought to convince Winter to withdraw out of concern that his party would not pass the electoral threshold and would cause a loss of votes for the right-wing camp. Winter rejected the proposal and claimed that according to internal polls in his possession, his party passes the electoral threshold, and that many of his supporters are not classic right-wing voters, so his withdrawal could transfer votes to the opposition. The rabbis are preparing to publish a public call to the public.