Journalist Barak Seri said Tuesday on Radio 103FM that despite an encouraging poll for the anti-Netanyahu bloc, tensions are running high among its party leaders over former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot's planned campaign strategy.
"Today is exactly two weeks until the election," Seri said. "The Mano Geva poll published last night on Channel 12 News showed the change bloc with 54 seats, the Netanyahu bloc with 49 seats, Hendel and Zelekha with 4 seats, and the Arab parties with 13 seats."
"Despite the optimistic poll from their perspective, there is great tension in the change bloc following Gadi Eisenkot's intention to launch a 'largest party' campaign. What does that mean? Telling voters it's either Gadi or Bibi, thereby drawing votes from the parties in your own bloc. Liberman and Bennett are furious; we'll see how this develops."
Regarding the Likud campaign, he said: "The Likud launched a 'gevalt' campaign yesterday, in other words, 'save us.' Netanyahu announced that the blocs are in a complete tie and everyone must be 'brought out of their' homes to the polls in two weeks. By the way, this statement completely contradicts the polls by Shlomo Filber, who claimed that the Netanyahu bloc's lead over the change bloc is significantly larger."
