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On Sunday, former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced a joint run for this year’s Israeli elections.
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Immediately, polling showed that the combined electoral slate, dubbed “Together,” would win a total of 26 seats if elections were held Monday, placing them ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud as the Knesset’s largest party, according to Channel 12.
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Later in the week, Opposition Leader Lapid told Bennett that he was willing to take third place, rather than second, on their joint electoral slate if it would help secure a broader merger with Yashar! party chairman Gadi Eisenkot.
On this week’s episode, in the spirit of the newly completed NFL draft, we play fantasy football and weigh the merits of the current parties and politicians vying for the Knesset in this year’s election.
And so this week, we ask Haviv Rettig Gur what matters now.
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