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Lapid unveils Yesh Atid lineup for B’Yachad electoral slate

From Times of Israel · () English

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  • Opposition Leader Yair Lapid named Yesh Atid’s candidates for the B’Yachad joint slate ahead of Israel’s October 27 election.
  • Merav Ben-Ari, Noam Tibon, Meirav Cohen and Ram Ben Barak lead the party’s lineup, with Yesh Atid holding four of the joint list’s top 10 places.
  • The alliance’s support has fallen from an initial projection of 26 seats to roughly 12-15, while Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party has gained ground in recent polls.

Yair Lapid has revealed the Yesh Atid candidates who will compete on the B’Yachad joint slate in Israel’s October 27 election. Merav Ben-Ari holds the No. 2 position behind Lapid, followed by Maj. Gen. (res.) Noam Tibon, Meirav Cohen and Ram Ben Barak.

Women occupy four of the 10 places allocated to Yesh Atid in the top 10 of the joint list, and seven of the party’s first 15 positions. The other announced Yesh Atid candidates are Naor Shiri, Vladimir Beliak, Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, Yasmin Sacks-Fridman, Neta Attias, Moshe Turpaz, Simon Davidson, Shelly Tal Meron, Roni Fantanesh Malkai and Mati Sarfatti Harcavi.

“If we want to rehabilitate the country, there is no better way to do so than to give power to these people,” Lapid told party activists in a post. Under Lapid’s agreement with former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who leads B’Yachad, Yesh Atid receives four of the joint list’s top 10 positions and about half of the first 15 overall.

If we want to rehabilitate the country, there is no better way to do so than to give power to these people

· Yair LapidLapid endorsed the Yesh Atid candidates included on the B’Yachad slate.

Bennett and Lapid announced their joint run in April, bringing Bennett’s newly formed party together with Yesh Atid. At the launch, Bennett said, “the era of division is over,” while Lapid urged Israel’s political center to rally behind Bennett and form the next government.

The two politicians previously served together in the eight-party coalition formed after the 2021 election. Bennett initially became prime minister under a rotation agreement with Lapid, who took over after the coalition collapsed in 2022.

The alliance initially appeared to gain momentum. A Channel 12 poll published the day after the merger projected B’Yachad would win 26 seats, narrowly ahead of Likud on 25. But its support later fell as Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party rose in popularity in June. Polls earlier this week put B’Yachad at about 12-15 seats and Yashar at roughly 22-26, reducing the number of realistic places for incumbent Yesh Atid lawmakers on the joint slate.

the era of division is over

· Naftali BennettBennett used the phrase when launching the joint electoral alliance with Lapid.
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