With less than a month to go until election day we are seeing some activity in the ranks of the candidates.
Today had Gur signing a deal of support for Moshe Abutbol as mayor of Bet Shemesh. While we don't know what they get in return, Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf and his team signed with Abutbol and will campaign on his behalf.
That means Agudat Israel is split, with Gur and Vizhnitz supporting Abutbol, and Shlomei Emunim and Belz (and some small groups) supporting Degel Hatorah's candidate Shmuel Greenberg for mayor.
I dont think any parties [yet] have signed support for Aliza Bloch, the current mayor up for re-election.
Several other parties have still not [yet] announced which candidate they support for mayor.
Besides for getting support from at least some of the remaining parties, Bloch's best hope seems to be to benefit from a Haredi split - which has now actually happened.
With elections scheduled for the end of February, there is still plenty of time for a lot to happen.
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