Ditching Hendel, Zionist Home chair Chili Tropper merges party with Eisenkot’s Yashar
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- Zionist Home chair Chili Tropper is merging his party with Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party, according to The Times of Israel.
- Israel Prize laureate Adi Altschuler is also joining Yashar and has been selected as a candidate for education minister.
- Itamar Ben Gvir’s publication of the Otzma Yehudit slate prompted a dissatisfied Knesset member to resign.
Chili Tropper, the chair of Zionist Home, is leaving Hendel behind and merging his party into Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar, according to The Times of Israel.
The move comes alongside the addition of Adi Altschuler, an Israel Prize laureate, to Yashar. Altschuler has been tapped as a candidate for education minister.
Elsewhere in the political reshuffling, Itamar Ben Gvir published the Otzma Yehudit slate. The move prompted a disgruntled Knesset member to resign.
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