Yair Netanyahu criticizes Winter's new party as reports emerge over connection with PM

Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister's son, launched a sharp attack against the new party founded by Ofer Winter, “Amcha Yisrael,” on Tuesday.He also targeted Yoseph Haddad, who is ranked No. 2 on the party's list, in a social media post.Netanyahu claimed that the new party would lead to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu losing the upcoming election to Gadi Eisenkot.“Yoseph, if you are running alone, mathematically there can be no scenario other than the following three scenarios,” Netanyahu wrote. He outlined what he described as the possible outcomes as: “You do not pass the electoral threshold, burn votes from the right, and crown the Eisenkot-Yair Golan-Mansour Abbas government.""If you pass the electoral threshold and bring Smotrich below the electoral threshold, you crown the Eisenkot-Yair Golan-Mansour Abbas government.""If you do not pass the electoral threshold, but take enough votes from Smotrich so that he also does not pass the electoral threshold, you also crown the Eisenkot-Yair Golan-Mansour Abbas government.”Netanyahu concluded his post by writing: “Mathematically there cannot be any other outcome. This is a fact, not an opinion. You will be remembered like the Tehiya Party is remembered as the party that brought the Rabin government and the Oslo disaster.”Report emerges over Netanyahu's connection to WinterFollowing Winter's announcement of his party, Channel 13 reported on information regarding his ties with the prime minister.According to the report, in the first months after the October 7 massacre, Netanyahu met with Winter in several safe apartments in Tel Aviv. During those meetings, Netanyahu heard from Winter about “Winter's plan to conquer Gaza.”A source close to Netanyahu also said that “Winter is the biggest threat in the election.” The report added that another attack against Winter from Netanyahu's circle is expected soon.The report comes amid criticism of Winter after he rejected a reserved slot on the Likud list. Officials in the ruling party are concerned that Winter could “drink” many mandates, primarily from Likud and other parties considered part of the same political bloc.