Ex-Likud minister Gideon Saar says he’ll return to politics

Former minister Gideon Saar says he will return to politics within the Likud party, more than two years after he took a hiatus from public life.

“I don’t know when it will happen. I will announce it at a time suitable for the Likud movement,” Saar tells a conference in Jerusalem, Channel 2 reports.

Gideon Saar, former interior minister, speaks during a meeting with parliamentarians from various countries, at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem, on October 20, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Gideon Saar, former interior minister, speaks during a meeting with parliamentarians from various countries, at the Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem, on October 20, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Saar notes the investigations into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged corruption, which he says are painful for the country.

“It pains every Israeli citizen when the prime minister is investigated, and as someone who worked with him, it hurts a little more still,” he says.

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