Holding out hope, New Right says results ‘not final’

The New Right party, which, based on the results published this evening will not be in the next Knesset, hangs on the words of Justice Melcer and puts out a statement asserting that “the results as they were published are not final.

“We would expect the media to show a bit more gravitas in its reports,” the party, led by Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, says, before quoting Melcer’s letter, which stated the results could yet change in the coming days.

“As we have said, we are not giving up,” the New Right adds, alleging a series of irregularities in the counting of the so-called “double envelopes” — ballots filed by soldiers, diplomats and other citizens who cannot vote in their home towns.

“We will accept the voter’s decision, but will not rest until we find out what that decision truly is.”