In last-minute party shuffle, right-wing merger dismantles as Eisenkot fills out slate
Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel dismantled their centrist-right Zionist Home merger citing 'the complex political reality.' Eisenkot refused to invite Hendel to merge with the Yashar party and also added social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler to his slate
Former centrist ministers Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel have decided to split from their centrist-right merger slate, Zionist Home, as the deadline for submitting party lists approaches. The decision comes after the party failed to meet the 3.25 percent electoral threshold in a recent poll, which was published by Channel 13 News.
Tropper is expected to join Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party, while Hendel sought to join Yashar as an independent faction within the party, but Eisenkot was not enthusiastic about this idea. Shira Shapira, whose daughter Aner was murdered on October 7, will leave the merger party and join Yashar, along with Tropper. Social entrepreneur Adi Altschuler, who founded Krembo Wings, is also joining Eisenkot's slate, and Eisenkot plans to reserve the Education Ministry portfolio for her.
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