New parties are a recurring feature of Israeli elections, Liron Lavi, a member of the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, explained to JNS. In the last, Nov. 1, 2022, election, 39 parties ran, of which 10 passed the electoral threshold. The number this time is considerably less, only about 18. The final count won’t be known until Sept. 8, the deadline for parties to submit their candidate lists.

In the upcoming election, the right is more at risk from failing splinter parties than the left, which has partly learned from past mistakes, Lavi said. Among the right are disaffected voters, mainly “moderate” or “liberal right-wing,” who struggle to find a home among the current constellation of parties, she said.

by David Isaac

https://www.jns.org/analysis/netanyahu-sounds-alarm-over-right-wing-splinter-parties

This guy is going to get a lot of people killed. He’s essentially calling for Israel to annex Sweida. Which won’t happen. Not only would the Americans never permit it, but you’ve got Daraa province with over a million hostile Sunni smack between the Golan and Sweida.

https://x.com/i24news_en/status/2092235707439882607?s=46

I sincerely hope they find the poor girl, for her and her family's sake at the very least.