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Fiery Youth leader calls on other struggling party heads to quit race and back her
The leader of the Fiery Youth party Hadar Muchtar has called on two other minor party chiefs to drop out of the race and support her party ahead of the November 1 elections.
Muchtar made the bid to Economic Freedom leader Abir Kara and New Economic Party leader Yaron Zelekha.
According to the polls, all three parties are not expected to cross the minimum 3.5% vote threshold required to enter the Knesset, leading the 20-year-old — who is herself barred from entering the Knesset as a representative due to her young age — to seek new political partnerships.
Muchtar has done so nearly a month after the deadline given to parties to submit their final slates. But that hasn’t stopped her from grabbing the nation’s attention yet again following a sensationalist campaign.
Since they can no longer merge their rosters, Muchtar has called on Kara and Zelekha to join forces ahead of the November 1 elections by quitting the race and backing her Fiery Youth party.
Responding to Muchtar in a TV panel broadcasted by Channel 12 on Saturday evening, Kara turned down the deal and suggested a counteroffer.
“I think that every party that is currently below the threshold should unite under the Economic Freedom party, we offer the best economic platform in the next Knesset,” Kara said, touting himself as “the MK with the most achievements in the last government.”
Kara said he and Muchtar had met to discuss her offer on Friday and that he suggested that she establish a youth movement within his own party.
Kara offered some praise to Muchtar, saying “not every 20-year-old could do what she has done,” but also made a subtle jab, noting that “political experience is necessary.”
Answering Kara, Muchtar said: “Kara, I might be young with big ‘brains,’ but you’re a big guy, don’t think small. We have an opportunity to establish the ‘cost-of-living bloc.’ Abir, without me, you’re not crossing the threshold. This is what the viewers at home want.”
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Fiery Youth leader calls on other struggling party heads to quit race and back her
With her party projected to fail to clear the Knesset threshold, Hadar Muchtar tries to convince Abir Kara and Yaron Zelekha to bow out; promises them ministerial jobs
www.timesofisrael.com