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Gideon Sa’ar’s New Hope signs agreement to rejoin Likud in next elections

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Gideon Sa’ar agrees to dissolve his right-wing New Hope faction into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s Likud .

Announcement follows consistent polls showing his party would fail to clear the electoral threshold if it ran solo in the next election.

New Hope's number three , Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel , appears to be left in the lurch by the agreement.

Sa’ar quit the party after a failed leadership bid in 2019 and vowed not to work with Netanyahu again in the future.

He founded New Hope , which drew support from Likud heavyweights such as Elkin and Begin’s son Benny , a former minister.

In the last election, in 2022 , he ran on a joint slate with former defense minister Benny Gantz's National Unity.