An ancient Russian legend tells of a horseman who came to a crossroads with a pillar on which it says: Go left - you will lose your horse; Go right - you'll lose your head; Go straight - you and your horse for doom.

Those who are at a crossroads these days are the right-wing and religious parties to the right of Likud: the New Right, the Jewish House, Power, Smutrich. Except here it is at junction T. There is no straight; Just two ways, and both have been tried recently.

The parties first tried in April: separate tackles. 1,400 votes missing from the new right prevented the establishment of the government. They tried the other in September: a joint run. The list to the right turned out to be a failed attempt. Of the nine mandates (five from the right and almost four from the new right), seven remain. The religious-religious voter who flinched from the list's ultra-Orthodox list pointed to his feet. And even worse in terms of the national camp, his legs led him in quite a few cases to the other side of the map.

This is the dilemma facing the parties to the right of Likud. On the one hand, separate coping may bring down one (and this time the powerhouse seems close to falling). On the other hand, a total reunification (back to the format of the right, only this time with Ben Gvir inside) will certainly make a choice for white and blue, and perhaps even our home and even Amir Peretz, if he continues to run separately. Two choices, both of which are bad, and there is certainly no index. However, it is believed that running separately is less dangerous. The electoral damage that might be inflicted on the entire camp by coping under the umbrella of the right is more likely than the risk that the powerful Jewish home will not exceed the blockage rate.

The words of the Spanish Chief Rabbi that sparked a storm yesterday illustrate. While the New Right can afford to back up the post of rabbis who defended it, a unified list of right-wingers will find itself unlucky and winding because the IDF must not be fired. And the Joint Chief of Staff is moving on the ultra-Orthodox route that already smuggled in September, opting for blue and white. Them at home.

But there is also a principled reason. The Jewish Home Party has been upset, radicalized, and a classic knit vote is left out of the house. In the unprecedented vortex of re-election, it is vitally important to have an address. Therefore, the new right is not allowed to court the secular right or compete with the Likud. It must offer an alternative to the national religious voter.

The controversy between the new right and the powerful Jew is not personal, but in principle. In fact, the right-wing union would be seen as a personal matter for the voter: arranging work for ministers and MKs. Walking with two heads will help both the knitted and the right-wing voters stay indoors.