Wave of Yesh Atid MKs quit election run as joint slate with Bennett falters in polls
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- Four Yesh Atid lawmakers, including two founding members, have withdrawn from the election race while pledging to remain in the party.
- The departures come as a proposed joint slate with Naftali Bennett struggles in opinion polls.
- Senior party officials reportedly want Bennett to abandon his prime ministerial bid and join a slate led by Gadi Eisenkot.
Four Yesh Atid lawmakers, including two of the party’s founding members, have said they will not run in the coming election. They pledged to remain members of Yesh Atid.
The departures come as a proposed joint slate with Naftali Bennett falters in opinion polls. Senior Yesh Atid officials were reportedly telling Bennett to drop his bid for prime minister and merge with a list led by Gadi Eisenkot.
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