While Netzach leaders are feeling the swell of their recent success, leading the new litvish faction, they are aware that according to many in the know, while they feel there is a great deal of backing they will not see the inside of the Knesset since they will not earn sufficient votes to pass the minimum threshold. With this realization in mind, some of the leaders feel that must run nonetheless, explaining the votes will not be wasted since by the fact they are running independently will show the Degel faction of Rav Gafne they represent many avreichim who are disenfranchised with the current realities in the veteran party.

The leaders of the party are meeting almost daily as they strategize their next move, now concerning themselves with expanding their voter base. Interestingly, Kikar Shabbat adds that Netzach leaders have received inquiries from a number of small chassidic courts, “those unsatisfied with their representation in Agudas Yisrael”, seeking to work together to assist one another both in the upcoming national election and in the local elections on the municipal level next year.

Netzach leaders are optimistic that with a few chassidim on board along with litvish chareidi Sephardim, they may find themselves in Knesset after all. They feel the latter will be accomplished by placing Rav Shai Gedasi at the helm of the list, since he enjoys widespread support in the litvish Ashkenazi and Sephardi camps.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)