The Knesset Member, together with his colleague Zvi Hauser, may decide whether a government will be formed with the support of the joint list. On the other hand, a leftist activist has published the Hauser's telephone number.

Heavy pressure on MK Yoaz Handel (blue and white) among liberal religious Zionist circles to act to establish a unity government with the Likud and not to join a minority government with the joint Arab list. Today Israel has learned that Handel's friends and family are expected to oppose the move.

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Meanwhile, the secretary of the religious kibbutz, Amitai Porat, comes out in public support for Knesset members Yoaz Handel and Zvika Hauser. "We regret that, in the decision to uphold their values, there are those who seek to harm them or appeal to them," Porat says. The religious kibbutz movement is considered a major marker within religious Zionism. Even now, in our kibbutzim, some kibbutzim have significant support for white and blue. Support came from conversations, meetings, and getting to know people like Handel and Hauser.

"The two represent a world of Zionist values, loving Israel, caring, connected to tradition and settlement and those who seek the good of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Whoever they are, they are elected! We ask, do not destroy the connecting bridge! We strengthen them and hope that it is precisely through the principles they represent and promote a unity government that will faithfully serve the people of Israel and the State of Israel. "

Israel Today has learned that since talks began about the possibility of forming a blue-and-white minority government on the joint list, Handel has been absorbing direct phone calls and social networks, from white and blue voters who are calling on him to oppose the move, as well as from future people who are embarking on a tough campaign to break His objection. For example, leftist activist Uri Breitman posted on Handel's Facebook numbers and his colleague MK Zvi Hauser, with the aim of increasing the pressure on them.

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Handel's surroundings suggest that he will not move from his positions and will not give a hand to forming a government with the joint Arab list. According to Handel's associates, he finds it difficult to understand how he was sent by blue-and-white leaders to pledge that the party would not join forces while now expecting him to support it. Handel himself believes that there is also no political expectation in establishing a minority government. In internal talks in his party, Handel argued that a minority government could not approve the state budget in the Knesset - which, by law, will lead to elections within three months.