Live Broadcast: Ofer Winter Launches a Party
Winter is identified as one who prefers Netanyahu and opposes Eisenkot, but in Likud there are fears that he will "burn" votes for the opposition bloc - and drop Smotrich below the electoral threshold. Yosef…
Assessment
Ofer Winter is launching a new political party, and the immediate concern is not whether he will win seats but whether he will split the right-wing vote. Likud strategists fear his candidacy could pull enough votes from Bezalel Smotrich's faction to push it below the electoral threshold. The reported involvement of Yosef Haddad and news anchor Netali Shemtov suggests Winter is trying to build a broad, media-savvy slate. The real story to watch is how the existing right-wing parties respond and whether any pre-election merger deals emerge to contain the damage.