"If the campaign had developed as Bibi versus Lapid, in my estimation Bibi would have reached 61 mandates and more. In my opinion, Lapid has no realistic possibility of forming the next government," Sa'ar said in an interview with Ynet.
Sa'ar claimed that the purpose of running together with Blue and White was not to save the New Hope party from failing to pass the electoral threshold. "In all the polls that have been conducted since we declared elections, New Hope would have passed in any case," he said.
We have 14 in one poll, we have 13 in another poll. There is one thing that is constant - since the union with Blue and White, New Hope has established itself as the third major political force, in the double digits. A move was needed that would produce something between the bloc that is to the left of center and the Bibi bloc, which would be able to slow down and then also be able to unify, and that is why we made this move." READ MORE
