Yes, I feel bad for Yamina

As much as I can feel bad for anybody, any party, in the political sphere, right now I feel bad for Yamina.

Yamina is, once again, under attack from the Likud. That is already standard fare. No matter how loyal they are to the Likud and Netanyahu (perhaps due to not having any other realistic option, but still), Netanyahu treats them like dirt, in addition to trying to poach their voters election after election. And they continue expressing support for Netanyahu - again, perhaps for lack of options, but still, they just take it form him, time after time with little to no serious response.

That has been standard fare for years and would not deserve  post on its own.

Now, and it began in the last election but has increased now, they have been under attack from other groups and parties within the "right bloc".

There are groups of DL natural voters that don't like what the RZ party has become, and they have supported other parties in recent elections and continue to publicly consider doing so again. That is their right and also, on its own, not really all that bothersome to me.

Now, adding to the above, UTJ has opened to Dati Leumi campaign headquarters through which they will officially run all operations of their campaign directed to the Dati Leumi public, mostly probably towards the Chardal subset.

Again, no party owns the rights to any voter and all parties can campaign to anyone and everyone and try to earn their votes, though they all complain when it is done to them, but it is still not common to openly target the natural base of another party, especially within the same bloc of parties.

So putting all the above together, and having Yamina coming under attack from all sides, both from the other side of the aisle and from their own side of the aisle, I kind of feel bad for them. Yes, even though I have never voted for them and don't see myself voting for them in the future, I feel bad for them for the way they are being treated, especially by their own partners.

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