Naftali Bennett and Uri Ariel
Naftali Bennett and Uri ArielMiriam Alster / Flash 90

Senior Jewish Home officials appear wary of the party's chances of maintaining its alliance with National Union-Tekuma given the ideological differences between the two factions. 

In conversation with Arutz Sheva on Wednesday, Tekuma sources said, "The State of Israel and [Judea-Samaria] communities are in the midst of a wave of terror and a national crisis, and this is not the time to take advantage of the situation for a cynical campaign to further a personal career."

"Religious Zionism is will no longer be the abandoned brother," the officials stressed. "Religious Zionism will not forgive those who split it."

The harsh statement are likely an allusion to remarks made earlier Wednesday by Jewish Home chairman Naftali Bennett against the suspected Duma arsonists, which many connected with the case immediately condemned

"What stands before us today is whether we take responsibility for the state of Israel," Bennett had said at a directorate conference of the Besheva paper and Arutz Sheva in Jerusalem. "A group of anarchists who try to bring down the state are not religious Zionists."

Reports have also surfaced in the last several days of attempts by Jewish Home to persuade Tekuma to provide them with 200 thousand shekels in light of the party's financial difficulties. Tekuma reportedly refused to help. 

Two weeks ago, Jewish Home director-general Nir Orbach reportedly met with his Tekuma counterpart Ophir Soffer in efforts to fix the alliance - an attempt which ultimately failed. 

Neither Jewish Home nor Tekuma responded to requests from Arutz Sheva for comment.