Was their decision to leave Jewish Home as bad a miscalculation as it looks like from this side of the pond?
I think so. Bennett wanted to be Defense Minister, and Bibi refused to give him the portfolio, so he left the Government along with several others, and Bennett formed this new party, refusing to be part of the United Right Party, because he wanted to be inclusive of secular rightists, and United only appealed to religious rightists. I 100% respect that, and it remains to be seen if he is entitled to four Knesset seats. I hope that New Right gets in. It should get in. It was meant to, except that a “glitch” was “discovered” depriving New Right of just enough votes to make the threshold. It sounds like illicit hanky panky to me, and good on Bennett for demanding and getting a re-count.