Ben Gvir Places Chief of Staff and Controversial Activist on Otzma Yehudit List
Itamar Ben Gvir has finalized key spots on the Otzma Yehudit Knesset list, placing chief of staff Chanamel Dorfman 7th and activist Tzachi Eliahu 8th, while Likud Minister May Golan declined to join.
Otzma Yehudit activist Tzachi Eliahu, who has a tattoo of the banned "Kah" movement on his arm, will be placed 8th on the electoral list led by Itamar Ben Gvir. According to recent polls, this position is considered realistic for entering the next Knesset, unlike the previous elections where he was placed in the unrealistic 17th spot during the joint run with Religious Zionism.
In addition, Itamar Ben Gvir announced that his chief of staff for the past four years, attorney Chanamel Dorfman, will be placed 7th on the Otzma Yehudit list. Dorfman, 31, is married to Hodia, has five children, and resides in the Yishuv HaDa'at outpost in the Shilo bloc in Binyamin.
Attorney David Bavli, Ben Gvir's legislative advisor who was previously suspected in the firearm licensing distribution scandal, will be placed 11th on the list.
The emerging Otzma Yehudit list is structured as follows:
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Itamar Ben Gvir
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Tally Gotliv
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Yitzhak Wasserlauf
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Amichai Eliyahu
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Limor Sonn Har-Melech
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Yitzhak Kroizer
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Chanamel Dorfman
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Tzachi Eliahu
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Yossi Goldberger
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Unknown
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David Bavli
Meanwhile, Minister May Golan from the Likud party will not be joining the list. A statement on behalf of Golan stated:
"Golan reiterated to Minister Ben Gvir that she highly appreciates and loves him, but the path of the Likud movement was and remains her path. This is despite the false briefings released against her on the eve of the primaries with the intention of harming her."
