The Religious Zionist Party and the far-Right Otzma Yehudit party will vie in the March 23 elections on one ticket, leaders Betzalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday.
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Polls have been predicting that an independent run by either party would fail to cross the four-seat electoral threshold.
Smotrich and Ben-Gvir said that they were forming a technical alliance and will operate as independent factions if elected.
On Sunday, Otzma Yehudit merged with the radical ultra-Orthodox Noam faction. Like Otzma Yehudit, Noam has never been able to cross the electoral threshold.
"We are pleased to announce that we have joined Otzma Yehudit-Noam in a technical bloc agreement in which representatives on their behalf will be included in the list of the Religious Zionist party for the Knesset," Smotrich's office said in a statement.
"In this way, we maximize the chance that a right-wing government will be formed in Israel after the election. At the same time, negotiations will continue with Habayit Hayehudi and suitable places on the slate will be reserved for it," the statement said.
Smotrich and Ben-Gvir called on Habayit Hayehudi leader Hagit Moshe to join them.
Moshe, a moderate, has been reluctant to partner with the more radical forces in the national-religious camp.
While Otzma Yehudit subscribes to the radical Kahanist doctrine, Noam is an extremist religious-Zionist party that follows the teachings of Rabbi Zvi Yisrael Tau, co-founder and president of Yeshivat Har Hamor in Jerusalem. As such, Nam is known for its hardline anti-LGBTQ, anti-Reform positions.
All parties seeking to contend in next month's elections must present their final slates to the Central Election Committee by midnight, Thursday.
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