Hendel to Winter: Join us and we will be a blocking bloc against non-Zionist governments
Chairman of the Reservists and Economic Party Yoaz Hendel called on Ofer Winter to retract his declared commitment to a Netanyahu and ultra-Orthodox government. Hendel proposed signing a surplus agreement and committing to sit only…
Assessment
Yoaz Hendel is trying to pull Ofer Winter into a bloc that would block any non-Zionist government. The offer is a surplus agreement and a pledge to only sit in a Zionist coalition. Hendel is betting that battlefield partners, not religious or Arab parties, are the natural allies. Winter has to decide whether his stated loyalty to Netanyahu and the Haredim is worth more than this alternative path.