<p>Hatzibur HaCharedi announced today that it has informed the chairman of the Amcha Yisrael party that it will not accept the merger proposal presented to it. Party officials said the decision was based on current polling, which, in their assessment, does not provide sufficient confidence that the proposed arrangement would cross the electoral threshold, nor would it secure adequate representation for the haredi public and answer the needs of its voters.</p><p>“Hatzibur HaCharedi will not enter into an arrangement that fails to provide our voters with a credible path to parliamentary representation,” party officials said.</p><p>The party added that it remains committed to securing representation in the next Knesset for the Charedi public who are not represented, and the party leadership will continue to evaluate all available political options to secure that representation.</p> | Read More in News from Israel