NU, NRP members seek to establish a single list for the upcoming elections. Their lame reasoning goes that a unified list can gather broad support from religious voters.
That is sheer nonsense. Israeli religious voters belong to various niche groups which refuse to intermingle or even interact. Ultra-Orthodox would never vote for a religious Zionist party. The Jewish National Front right-wing supporters would be taken aback by Meimad Party, a left-wing religious outfit.
Another strategy makes more sense. Each mid-sized religious party should run separately, fully tapping into its niche audience. Small parties which cannot otherwise pass the anti-democratic electoral barrier, have to unite. After the Knesset elections, all of them should cooperate on political issues without concerning themselves with theoretical religious differences.


