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Ofer Winter launches Amcha Yisrael, risking right-wing split

8/26/2026

Center

Ofer Winter Launches

IDF General Ofer Winter launched Amcha Yisrael in Jerusalem on August 25 2026.
The platform frames the party as a security referendum, urging a tougher doctrine, expanded service and rejecting a Palestinian state.
The slate lists activist Yoseph Haddad (running for Minister of Public Diplomacy), former deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and Laly Derai.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that votes for new right-wing splinter parties could let a left-wing coalition form government.

Left

Winter Launches Party

Retired Brigadier General Ofer Winter launched the right-wing party Amcha Yisrael in Jerusalem on Tuesday, August 25 2026.
The new party could split the right-wing vote, endangering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and Israel’s political stability.
Polls show Winter’s support mainly comes from voters who previously backed parties in Netanyahu’s coalition.
Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned a fragmented right could fall below electoral threshold.

Blindspot

Winter presented Amcha Yisrael as a security referendum, calling for a more aggressive doctrine, broader military service, rejection of a Palestinian state, expansion of IDF recruitment—including ultra-Orthodox Jews—and abandonment of pre-October 7 security policies, according to Center-leaning sources.
Within this story's sources, this policy-focused angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning coverage.

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Ofer Winter Launches

IDF General Ofer Winter launched Amcha Yisrael in Jerusalem on August 25 2026.
The platform frames the party as a security referendum, urging a tougher doctrine, expanded service and rejecting a Palestinian state.
The slate lists activist Yoseph Haddad (running for Minister of Public Diplomacy), former deputy mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum and Laly Derai.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that votes for new right-wing splinter parties could let a left-wing coalition form government.

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