Amsallem cost Shas a seat. This is very consequential, as now the right has only 60 seats and cannot form a coalition without the left. Whereas if Shas had one more seat the right would’ve had 61 seats and could form a coalition without the left. (And even if they accepted a left-wing party, they would’ve been in a much stronger negotiating position against giving them too much, as they would’ve realized they weren’t needed.)
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