Will Netanyahu rise to the challenge? The prime minister's big test ahead of the elections

Strategic advisor Nimrod Eliran Sabah was interviewed on 'Israel Hayom' and analyzed the challenges facing Netanyahu and the right-wing bloc ahead of the elections: maintaining the 64 seats, the concern over parties that won't pass the electoral threshold, and the impact of the entry of reserve Brigadier General Ofer Winter into the race. Sabah calls on party leaders to act with a bloc-wide perspective and avoid ego battles.

Strategic advisor Nimrod Eliran Sabah was interviewed this morning (Monday) on the program 'Israel Hayom' with Tal Meir on Channel 14, and surveyed the main challenges facing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the right-wing bloc ahead of the elections. Sabah noted that the bloc's starting point is the 64 seats it won in the 2022 elections, and the main challenge is maintaining existing support and getting right-wing voters to the polls, not necessarily recruiting new voters. He addressed Likud's petition to disqualify Ra'am and the Joint List, and warned that the voter turnout in the Arab sector poses an obstacle to achieving a majority. Later, Sabah discussed the party of reserve Brigadier General Ofer Winter, and warned that as long as Winter draws most of his strength from Likud, Religious Zionism, and Otzma Yehudit without bringing in new votes, he poses a risk to the bloc. Sabah called on party leaders to sign a surplus agreement with Winter and avoid ego battles, and noted that the achievement of 64 seats was made possible in part because Meretz and another left-wing party failed to pass the electoral threshold—a miracle that he said will not repeat itself.