Jewish Home and National Union national-religious parties to meet Monday to discuss possible merger and “recovery of the religious-Zionist vote.”

It has to be understood,” a National Union source said. “There is simply no other choice. G-d wrought us a miracle in the last election by having both of our parties scrape past the minimum vote threshold had the Jewish Home received a few thousand fewer votes, it would not have entered the Knesset at all. We cannot expect such a miracle again, and therefore there is no choice but to unite.”