Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu’s Ahiya party has withdrawn from Knesset elections following pressure from Prime Minister Netanyahu, with sources from Ynet, Walla and Israel Hayom reporting that the party received a commitment for a deputy minister position in exchange. The Likud confirmed the arrangement would advance the movement’s shared principles. The withdrawal prevents what officials claimed would have been a loss of tens of thousands of right-wing votes.

Sources: Ynet, Walla, Israel Hayom