#Enemy_Media Maariv Hebrew newspaper: Likud is changing its strategy toward Itamar Ben-Gvir. After a period during which it sought to push for the unification of the list with Bezalel Smotrich, the leadership of the ruling party now assesses that the likelihood of such a merger is extremely low, approaching zero – and is shifting to a campaign aimed at reducing the strength of "Otzma Yehudit". The move has two simultaneous objectives: bringing back right-wing voters who moved to Ben-Gvir to Likud, and improving Smotrich’s position, as he is at the electoral threshold in some polls. #Military_Media
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