Likud Member of Knesset Tally Gotliv moved to the Otzma Yehudit party on September 3–4, 2026, after being pushed down the Likud election list by Prime Minister Netanyahu's appointments, with Ben-Gvir reserving her a second-place slot for the upcoming Knesset election.
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Following Prime Minister Netanyahu's appointments of candidates to reserved slots on the Likud list, Gotliv was pushed down from 12th place, which she won in the party primaries, to 20th. She claimed that she was the victim of a political 'targeted assassination'
The party's statement said that Gotliv must continue to vote with the Likud in the current 25th Knesset, but can run on Otzma Yehudit's ticket for the 26th Knesset election.
Gotliv, who was pushed down to the 20th place on Likud's slot and said she was the victim of a political 'targeted assassination,' was commended by Ben-Gvir for her 'fight against the deep-state and the attorney general'