Moshe Feiglin Ultimatum: Unite Right-Wing or Solo Run

Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party, delivered a stark warning Thursday to Israel's right-wing political bloc: unless parties agree to merge, he will run independently through election day, even if it costs the broader camp votes. In a combative radio interview on Galei Israel, Feiglin made clear he has no intention of withdrawing at the last minute to "save mandates" for other parties.

"If you're playing games here and refusing to unite, understand you're dealing with a crazy person, okay?" Feiglin told hosts Itamar Fleischman and Uri Melamed. "My voters don't belong to you and aren't sitting in your pocket. I'm part of the national camp, I'm the most right-wing there is."

Feiglin addressed party leaders directly with a blunt proposition: "You want these mandates? Come join a union. If you don't join—you're the problem, don't come to me with complaints." He emphasized his determination to present himself as a governing alternative, stating unequivocally: "I'm announcing to you in the clearest terms: I'm not going to blink."

According to Feiglin, the current struggle transcends the traditional left-right divide in Israeli politics. "I'm not going to leave the people of Israel without a different option from what brought them to October 7th, both from the left but also from the right," he explained. He insisted that his supporters are not an "asset" belonging to other parties, but voters who chose him based on belief in his path.

Feiglin, who previously served as a Knesset member for Likud and attempted to promote changes from within, returned to the political arena after years of absence. During a rare visit to the Orayta yeshiva in Jerusalem, he described what he characterized as a cynical mechanism behind Israeli political campaigns, in which politicians use the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) public as "electoral fuel."