Former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have agreed to allocate 10 out of the top 24 spots on their new Together Party's joint Knesset election list to Lapid's Yesh Atid, sources told KAN Reshet Bet on Tuesday.
This allocation is expected to allow Lapid to split from Bennett immediately after the election, as he will have more than one-third of the party members elected, KAN reported.
Lapid requested to reserve the right to split after the election in the agreement with Bennett, according to KAN.
"Bennett is happy to give Lapid almost half the list because 'he doesn't have people,'" a source involved in the joint list negotiations was cited by KAN as saying.
The agreement also leaves open the possibility for adjustments, including the potential addition of other political figures, such as Yashar! Party leader Gadi Eisenkot, whom the two former PMs publicly called to join them.
Both Bennett and Lapid declined KAN's request for comment.
Polls find Bennett, Lapid, running separately would gain more total seats
Polls taken by Israel's public broadcaster on Monday found that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud would remain the largest party with 27 seats, and the new Together Party would gain 24 seats.
A poll taken by KAN before the merger predicted that Bennett would gain 19 seats and Yesh Atid would gain six.
Eisenkot's Yashar! Party is predicted to win 15 seats, per KAN's latest poll.
However, a poll published by Walla on Monday found that Together would win 27 seats, while Likud would gain 28.
A Walla poll from before the merger found that Likud and "Bennett 2026" would each gain 24 seats, while Bennett and Lapid's parties running separately would gain a total of 31 seats.