In an interview with IsraelNN TV as negotiations over the makeup and the platform of the next government were about to begin, Jewish Home head Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz stated that there will be no merger between his party and Likud.
The merger idea was reported by Channel 2 television news last week, and Arutz-7 had learned that it received new impetus following a meeting in Jerusalem Friday between Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu and the Jewish Home leadership -- party chairman Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, MK Zevulun Orlev and MK-elect Uri Orbach.