Netanyahu Pushes to Reshape Likud Slate, Sparking Revolt Among Sitting MKs
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Likud officials fear Netanyahu push to control party election list
According to senior party officials, Likud primaries could be scrapped and the current Knesset slate retained if both proposed frameworks for selecting candidates face opposition. In that scenario, they said, Netanyahu could place his own candidates in reserved slots
MK David Bitan submitted an alternative proposal this evening (Sunday) to determine the rules for the Likud primaries, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postponed the meeting of the party's Constitution Committee, which was supposed to decide on the manner of assembling the list for the Knesset, according to reporter Bini Ashkenazi in "Israel Hayom". According to the proposal submitted by Bitan, the Prime Minister will receive five reserva…
The coming days are going to be particularly tense for the ruling party. In these days, the decision will be made on how the party's list for the next Knesset will be composed. Whatever decision is made, and in the following lines we will also detail the options, it is clear to everyone that the next Likud list will be composed completely differently from what we are used to. As a result, it will also look completely different. It is no secret t…
Netanyahu Pushes to Reshape Likud Slate, Sparking Revolt Among Sitting MKs
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is pushing a dramatic overhaul of Likud’s candidate selection process ahead of the next election, seeking to secure broad authority to shape the party’s Knesset list through reserved slots and a selection committee—a move that has triggered growing resistance from incumbent lawmakers who fear for their political futures. The Likud Constitution Committee, headed by Minister Chaim Katz, is scheduled to convene Sun…
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