Chairman Ya'akov Katz of the National Union party reacted, Sunday evening to the formation of a new nationalist party, to be headed by former chairman Naftali Bennett of the Yesha Council by saying, "The last thing the religous-nationalist public needs now is another split. It's a pity that thousands of votes will be thrown away." He continued, "The Bayit Yehudi [party] and National Union will run together in the elections and be an influential force in the next Knesset and government."

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