Tel Aviv, March 14 -- Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar agreed to dissolve his right-wing New Hope faction into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud, the two parties announced on Thursday (local time), The Times of Israel reported.

This came five years after Sa'ar bolted the ruling faction following a failed leadership, primary bid against Netanyahu, as per The Times of Israel.

The announcement comes six months after Sa'ar reentered the government -- having joined shortly following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, before resigning in March -- and follows consistent polls showing his party would fail to clear the electoral threshold if it ran solo in the next election.

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