Zehut Party members voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to accept a deal with the Likud Party, according to which the libertarian-leaning party would end its Knesset bid in exchange for the ruling party taking on its debt and making Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin a Cabinet member should Benjamin Netanyahu be chosen to form the next government.
A majority of 77 percent voted to back the deal, which Feiglin had put to a vote despite personal meetings and an initial understanding with Netanyahu.
Under the agreement, the Likud promised to adopt sections of Zehut’s platform, including expanded legalization of medicinal marijuana and free-market economic reforms, and will pay the NIS 3 million ($848,850) debt the small party accrued during its April election bid.
Which Cabinet position Feiglin is expected to fill has not been publicized.