Communications Minister Yoaz Handel was left without a political framework, after Defense Minister Bnei Gantz and Justice Minister Gideon Saar announced their intention to unite lists and run together in the upcoming elections in November. Handel, a new member of Tikva, said of his political future, “As I said, I will work hard for the voices of the state right to have a respectable representation in the next Knesset. Promise to update soon.”
In the poll of the sample institute published tonight (Monday) in News 12, the possibility was examined that Minister Handel will join the right-wing party headed by Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked. However, even that will not help the party that won seven seats in the last election. Had the election been held today, the right receives only 1.8% of the vote and remains below the blocking percentage. If Handel joins it, the party will reach 2.8% of the total vote, a number that has not yet passed the blocking percentage.
Who is to blame for the cost of living?
Earlier today, the Electricity Authority announced that electricity tariffs would be updated and increased by 9.6% as early as August, so that the energy price for a domestic consumer would be 54.49 agorot per kWh. According to the announcement, “the tariff is expected to take effect on August 1, 2022. The survey also examines who is responsible for the rise in the cost of living. 35% of respondents blamed the current government led by Lapid and Bennett, and 32% blamed the Netanyahu governments in recent years. Others around the world.