Habayit Hayehudi leadership candidates MK Zevulun Orlev and Science
and Technology Minister Daniel Herschkowitz emphasized the importance of a
united national-religious list with the National Union on Sunday.
Orlev
and Herschkowitz's statements came after a party source told The Jerusalem Post
that third Habayit Hayehudi leadership candidate Naftali Bennett said he only
wants MK Uri Ariel (National Union) as second on a joint list, without National
Union leader Ya'acov Katz and MKs Arieh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari.
"This
is one of a long line of irresponsible statements about personalities in
religious Zionism and the prime minister that could split national-religious
voters and leave Habayit Hayehudi in the opposition," Herschkowitz
said.
The minister added that Bennett clashed with many people who worked
with him in the past, and that Habayit Hayehudit needs responsible
leadership.