A source in one of the right-wing parties, who asked not to be named, told Maariv that if Rabbi Rafi Peretz continues to head the United Right without joining the New Right, his party will not pass the threshold.
"Who will vote for him? He lost the liberal religious, even the few secular and traditional Jews who voted for the Jewish Home in the days of Bennett are on the way out. To aim for the Hardal community doesn't mean you pass the threshold. Especially when you don't have Otzma Yehudit."