Otzma Yehudit Party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday that he had offered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deal, according to which he would withdraw from Monday’s national election if certain conditions were met.
The conditions, said Ben-Gvir, were that Netanyahu would—before Saturday—cancel the Oslo Accords, change members of the committee for appointing judges, take control of the Temple Mount away from the Islamic Waqf and evacuate the illegal Bedouin settlement of Khan al-Ahmar, according to a report by Arutz Sheva.
“Yesterday evening we were in Sderot and met with dozens of Otzma Yehudit activists, who demanded that we run in order to have someone who promotes right-wing policies in the Knesset, and does not abandon the south,” said Ben-Gvir.
“Amazingly, we are being attacked by the Likud, of all parties, and ironically, the Likud warns us that a left-wing government might emerge, as if this government’s policy is a right-wing policy,” he said, according to the report.
Netanyahu has tried to convince Ben-Gvir to drop out of the race out of concern that if Otzma Yehudit fails to cross the 3.25 percent electoral threshold, the loss of those votes could be enough to swing a close contest in favor of the Blue and White Party.