Likud backbencher Tsega Melaku announces she won’t run in party primaries

MK Tsega Melaku leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset on February 24, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
MK Tsega Melaku leads the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset on February 24, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Likud MK Tsega Melaku announces that she will not run in the upcoming Likud primaries, joining Eliyahu Revivo and Moshe Passal who made similar decisions in recent days.

All three were unlikely to perform well enough in the primaries to make it into the next Knesset.

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