Not only United Torah Judaism feels threatened by Herut. The National Union and the NRP are also concerned that Herut will siphon away votes - which may end up going to waste. Some polls indicate that Herut will pass the minimum threshold of votes required to enter the Knesset, while others indicate the opposite. National Union spokesmen point to the 1992 election, in which three small right-wing parties drew a total of 48,000 votes from the right-wing camp - yet none of them made it into the Knesset. They say that these votes could have gone to an existing right-wing party - and they further note that the Oslo Accords passed in the Knesset by only one vote.
Herut spokesmen say, however, that their polls show that they will in fact pass the threshold - which in the coming election is expected to be around 50,000 votes - and that support for it will not go to waste. Their claim is that they are the most right-wing party, and that their base of support is therefore large.
One of the three unsuccessful parties in 1992 was T'chiyah (Revival), which had 3 MKs in the previous Knesset, and which had been expected to garner at least the minimum required votes.
Herut spokesmen say, however, that their polls show that they will in fact pass the threshold - which in the coming election is expected to be around 50,000 votes - and that support for it will not go to waste. Their claim is that they are the most right-wing party, and that their base of support is therefore large.
One of the three unsuccessful parties in 1992 was T'chiyah (Revival), which had 3 MKs in the previous Knesset, and which had been expected to garner at least the minimum required votes.