Veteran Likudniks Erdan and Edelstein in talks to form 'Likud B' alternative

Former UN ambassador Gilad Erdan and Likud MK Yuli Edelstein were reported to have reached initial agreements on launching a new statesmanlike right-wing party informally dubbed 'Likud B,' intended to draw moderate Likud voters frustrated with Netanyahu's coalition with Otzma Yehudit and the Haredi parties. Names also being floated include Deputy FM Sharren Haskel, former finance minister Moshe Kahlon, and ex-IDF general Ofer Winter. The project remains stuck on the question of who would lead it.