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Right-wing coup: New party entices iconic female football club owner

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Published: 12 February 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

CHEMI SHALEV: The Bennett/Shaked recruitment of Israel’s foremost female sports icon, Alona Barkat, strikes at Netanyahu’s vulnerable underbelly

Trump, Adelson, Bennett, Barkat and the Right-wing plot against Benjamin Netanyahu (Haaretz)
CHEMI SHALEV The New Right’s shock recruitment of Israel’s foremost female sports icon strikes at the vulnerable underbelly of ruling Likud

Hapoel Beersheba owner Alona Barkat joins New Right party (Times of Israel)
Soccer bigwig who brought team to three consecutive national titles announces political bid: ‘I have decided to answer the call’; reportedly promised no. 3 spot on party slate

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Voting irregularities surface in Likud primaries results (Times of Israel)
Report notes that some candidates received more votes in select districts than the total number of eligible voters in those areas

Ahmad Tibi announces Ta'al party will run alone in April election (Haaretz)
Tibi called on the three other parties that had comprised the Joint List alliance to sign a vote-sharing agreement but ruled out joining forces outright

Photo: Alona Barkat at a football match (Reuven Schwartz/Calcalist)
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