Ayelet Shaked
Ayelet ShakedHadas Parush/Flash 90

MK Ayelet Shaked said on Thursday night that she is confident that the Jewish Home party will head the next government to be formed after the March 17 elections.

Speaking at an election convention at Kfar Maccabiah, Shaked thanked the members of the Jewish Home for giving her the highest number of votes in the primaries, thereby placing her in the third spot on the party's list behind Chairman Naftali Bennett and Tekuma head Uri Ariel.

"I'm here because of you," Shaked told the activists. “I want to thank you for a wonderful partnership, for the holy work you are doing in the cities, the kibbutzim and the moshavim.”

Shaked said that in the outgoing Knesset, Jewish Home was the most ethical and ideological faction, adding, “I'm glad you expressed renewed confidence in all of us. This is a vote of confidence in the Jewish Home faction.”

She expressed her dissatisfaction over the fact that in interviews she has given to the media since the publication of the results of the primaries, the journalists who interviewed her were only looking for the shortcomings on the party list.

“We are lucky that the people of Israel do not listen to all sorts of commentators but look at the truth - that we have a great Zionist and ethical party, which will form the next government and will lead the people of Israel, the Land of Israel and the Torah of Israel,” she declared.

Bennett earlier on Thursday hailed the results of the primary elections, and expressed his confidence that his party would one day lead the Government of Israel.

Speaking at a press conference, Bennett echoed the sentiments of other party MKs, stating the party had "made history."

"Tens of thousands of members went out in the rain and in the cold in order to give us their faith... to vote for us and support us. And we won't let them down," he promised.