Ofer Winter's entry into politics is driven by the humiliation he felt after being passed over for promotion to major general by then-IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot. Netanyahu may have given his blessing to Winter, but the PM remains wary of his new rival on the right

Coalition members warn that Smotrich voters could be wooed by the alternative offered by hardline former IDF general Ofer Winter - potentially keeping his Religious Zionism party…

Times of Israel poll gives Winter 6 seats pushing Religious Zionism below the threshold; PM warns fractured right could sink the whole bloc, but Ben Gvir accuses him of planning…