Published: 5 February 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
At Netanyahu's urging, Kahanist party joins forces with far-right slate (Haaretz)
Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party joins forces with Bezalel Smotrich's National Union Party, with the Kahanist leader set to take the third slot on the list for the fourth Israeli election in two years
Israel elections: Netanyahu pushes Kahanist into Knesset (Jerusalem Post)
Netanyahu wanted to make sure that votes were not lost in the right-wing camp.
Far-right parties led by Smotrich and Ben Gvir merge ahead of election (Times of Israel)
Netanyahu has been pushing alliance, which will also include the anti-LGBT Noam party, over concerns factions would fall under electoral threshold if they ran alone
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Netanyahu appoints Steve Bannon protege to lead his election campaign (Haaretz)
Former Breitbart reporter Aaron Klein has been dubbed ‘the Bibi whisperer’ by the Israeli media and has been working full-time for the PM as a strategic adviser since June 2020
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Photo: Otzma Yehudit party member Itamar Ben Gvir (R) speaks with National Union faction leader Betzalel Smotrich during a campaign event, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)
