The new party being formed by Knesset member Orly Levy-Abekasis might not have a list of candidates yet — it doesn’t even have a name — but it is still polling at eight seats, according to survey results published April 23. As of now, it looks like it will be the brightest star in the next election.
Over the next few weeks and months, after the new party files paperwork with the Registrar of Parties, Levy-Abekasis will join the growing list of party leaders emerging from the Likud. As of now, five parties are headed by people once active in the Likud. Most of them are now in the highest echelons of the center-right leadership and play important decision-making roles in the country.