‘Not as I had planned’: MK Zvika Fogel says he will not run with Otzma Yehudit

Zvika Fogel said his route back to the Knesset or a future government would not continue as he had planned, and announced that he would not run with Otzma Yehudit in the October elections.

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Regrettably, the path to continuing my activities in the Knesset or in the future government is not possible as I had planned. And therefore, I will not run for the 26th Knesset on behalf of the Otzma Yehudit party.

“Regrettably, the path to continuing my activities in the Knesset or in the future government is not possible as I had planned,” Fogel wrote on X. “And therefore, I will not run for the 26th Knesset on behalf of the Otzma Yehudit party.”

Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir thanked Fogel for what he described as a long record of service to Israel’s security and the party. Ben-Gvir praised his mission, courage, loyalty and contribution to Otzma Yehudit and the people of Israel.

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Zvika dedicated his life to the security of the state and acted over the years with a deep sense of mission, courage and faith in the path.

Ben-Gvir also announced that MK Limor Son Har-Melech and MK Yitzhak Kreuzer would take fifth and sixth place on the party’s list for the coming election. They held the same positions in the previous election, when Otzma Yehudit won six mandates.

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I thank him from the bottom of my heart for the shared path, for the friendship, for the dedication, for the loyalty, and for his great contribution to Otzma Yehudit and the people of Israel.