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- Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz withdrew from the upcoming Knesset election.
- Religious Zionist Party chairman Bezalel Smotrich urged Ofer Winter’s sub-threshold party to withdraw.
- Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar warned that wasted right-wing votes could enable a left-wing government.
- Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi praised Gantz’s responsible withdrawal and other right-wing exits.
- People of Israel party said it will stay in the race as the right-wing home.