Ahead of the coming elections, Lali Derai, placed sixth on the Amcha Yisrael list headed by reserve colonel Ofer Winter, says she is confident the party will pass the electoral threshold. In an interview with Yisrael Hayom, she addresses right-wing voters' fears of lost votes and describes the path that brought her back to public activity after her son's fall.
Asked about polls showing the party at four mandates and the possibility that its voters' ballots will be wasted, she answered: "I don't know if you've seen the latest polls, we're passing, and by a lot. The question isn't whether we'll cross the threshold but by how much."
She added: "I travel everywhere with Ofer Winter, the support we're getting from the people of Israel is tremendous, and I think people haven't grasped yet how much we're a product the market needs."
Derai was a Likud member and served as chief of staff to former hasbara minister Galit Distel Atbaryan. But after October 7, she says, she decided to step away from politics and media following her feelings about the public discourse she had been part of.
