Likud Approves Expanding Netanyahu’s Control over Party List, Allowing Him to Secure Top Slots

Likud vote allows Netanyahu to secure top slots on party's Knesset slate

Over 3,400 Likud party members passed a motion by a wide majority allowing Netanyahu to effectively push out many incumbent Knesset members from securing realistic spots on the party's slate for the next Knesset

Netanyahu expands control over Likud election slate

The Democrats have also launched their campaign, while Religious Zionism has confirmed the results of its candidate primaries

Likud Central Committee approves all of Netanyahu's requests ahead of elections

The Likud Central Committee approves Netanyahu’s request for eight reserved slate spots, as well as a clause allowing sitting ministers and MKs to run in regional districts.

Likud approves expanding Netanyahu’s control over party list, allowing him to secure top slots

The vote also comes after Likud’s top internal court rejected a Netanyahu-backed provision that would have allowed the party to cancel its Knesset primaries in the event of a security escalation.