Gantz is the only candidate for speaker as Knesset set to vote

Blue and White faction Yesh Atid has not registered its preferred choice for the speaker, Meir Cohen, after it becomes clear that Benny Gantz’s Israel Resilience faction will back the party chairman for speaker, and not Cohen.

Blue and White parliament member Meir Cohen speaks during a Knesset discussion on a bill to dissolve the parliament, May 29, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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