Moshe Feiglin, leader of the Zehut party, is pushing back against criticism from right-wing voters who fear his independent candidacy could split the vote and enable a left-wing government. In an interview with host Sharon Gal on Galei Israel radio, Feiglin argued that continuing Israel's current security approach represents a far more serious danger than any electoral outcome.
"The right-wing bloc concerns me greatly, and the last thing I want to see here is a left-wing government," Feiglin acknowledged. "But the next October 7th, the next massacre in Kfar Saba and Netanya - that worries me far more. If we only know how to do the same thing and vote for the same thing, we'll get the same thing. I don't see any change, not in policy and not in the conception. I'm not going to roll the next October 7th onto my grandchildren as well. That won't happen. There must be a different path for the right."
When she confronted him with polling showing Zehut at approximately 1.5 percent, below the electoral threshold, and warned that thousands of wasted votes could bring "the Kaplan government" to power, referring to the Tel Aviv street where anti-government protests have centered, Feiglin stood firm.
