The Herut and Liberal parties formally signed an election alignment agreement here today the pact was approved last night by a unanimous vote of the Liberal executive and by a majority of the Herut leadership.
The agreement provides for a common platform in the elections later this year to the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament; a joint list for the elections of local authorities; the establishment of a common election headquarters; and the setting up of a joint election fund.
Addressing a gathering called for the formal signing of the pact, Herut leader Menahem Biegin said that the new united front will call on the nation to give it its confidence as a new alternative government. If the nation gives its confidence to the opponents of the new bloc, Mr. Beigin declared, “this bloc will continue to serve the nation as an opposition–but as a greater opposition.”
Liberal leader Joseph Saphir said that while the new bloc comprised a unification of “relatives,” they were not necessarily identical. He said the new united front may form an alternative to the present government and constitute a better regime.
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