Shifts in the right-wing bloc? The talks between MK Tali Gottlieb and Otzma Yehudit are progressing, and it is estimated that the scenario in which she will leave the Likud and join Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's party is getting closer to fruition.
According to a report by Amit Segal, Gottlieb's future now depends on Netanyahu. Indeed, Ben-Gvir would be happy to reserve her for Otzma Yehudit - but he would not do so without contacting the prime minister.
Sources familiar with the details say that, as far as Ben-Gvir is concerned, the condition for progress is that Gottlieb first leaves the Likud or that the Likud decides to part ways with her.
It is estimated that Gottlieb's move to Otzma Yehudit may suit the electoral interests of the entire right-wing bloc: Netanyahu will be able to present a more moderate Likud list in an attempt to appeal to centrist voters, while Ben-Gvir will receive a political figure that Otzma Yehudit's target audience likes.
Gottlieb spoke this morning on the "Shmona Efs Efs" program on Kol Berama Radio, hosted by Yaki Adamker and Israel Cohen - and claimed that the Prime Minister's entourage and campaign personnel are working in a targeted manner to isolate and distance her from the center stage, for fear that her strong positions against the judicial system will harm the campaign's messages.
During the interview, Gottlieb escalated her tone and said: "Netanyahu stabbed me in the back, I told him that.".
When asked about her political future and the possibility of leaving the Likud, Gottlieb made it clear that she is not seeking positions or "chairs," but noted that if she receives a concrete and serious offer from another right-wing party, she will consider it seriously. She emphasized that her loyalty is to the principles of the right and to the public that elected her, and she will continue to work for these issues in whatever framework she finds herself.
Last night, in response to reports that she is allegedly holding talks with another party, she made it clear that she would be willing to consider a proposal that would reflect her position and political power.
""I lay down on the fence for the Prime Minister and the right-wing government," Gottlieb wrote on the X network. She said that if she receives a real offer from a party that respects her electoral power and allows her to run for a significant ministerial position, she will seriously consider it on behalf of her voters, but noted that at this stage she does not have such an offer.
