Yesh Atid’s Downfall: Nearly Half of Lapid’s Lawmakers Are Heading for the Exits
The merger with Naftali Bennett has left only 13 of 24 lawmakers expected to stay on the slate, as weaker contenders step aside before the list is unveiled.
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Yesh Atid’s downfall: Nearly half of Lapid’s lawmakers are heading for the exits
In 2022, Yesh Atid was Israel's second-largest party with 24 seats; now, after joining forces with Bennett and ahead of its new slate, just 13 MKs remain; four quit politics, two made way for new faces and two will run with other parties
The senior commentator cynically responds to the wave of departures shaking Yesh Atid: He uploaded a screenshot of the party's list of MKs, many of whom are marked with an X, and presented the updated map of "party leavers"
As part of the reorganization of the Yesh Atid list, Yair Lapid decided to remove veteran Knesset members and promote the young and popular ones. The post The crash in the "Yesh Atid" list: A wave of resignations by the list's founders appeared first on JDN.
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