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Anti-LGBT Noam, which will have 1 MK, plans separate coalition talks with Netanyahu
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
In a seeming bid to maximize its power in the upcoming coalition, MK Avi Maoz’s tiny far-right faction Noam, which picked up a single seat in the Knesset by running on a joint slate with Religious Zionism and Otzma Yehudit, plans to conduct separate coalition negotiation with Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu, according to his spokesman.
The spokesman declined to detail the anti-LGBT Noam’s demands, saying it “does not conduct negotiations via the media.”
A source close to Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir confirmed earlier today that the Otzma Yehudit chief will also aim to lead separate coalition talks with Netanyahu, but did not elaborate on when the two will meet.
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich met with Netanyahu earlier. Netanyahu plans to meet today with “all heads of the national camp” bloc, but did not detail if that also includes Ben Gvir and Maoz, whose alliance with Smotrich he pushed for.
