Likud lawmakers Yoav Kisch and David Amsalem are named as the most likely candidates to replace Bitan as coalition chairman.
Netanyahu has not yet announced a successor.
David Amsalem, chairman of the Interior Affairs Committee, leads debate on the so-called recommendations bill, December 11, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Kisch currently heads the Knesset’s House Committee and Amsalem chairs the Knesset’s Internal Affairs Committee.
Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich (R) speaks with Likud’s Yoav Kisch during a plenary session in the Knesset, November 13, 2017.)
Likud MK Oren Hazan, who serves as substitute coalition chairman, says he should get the job, but doesn’t want it.
“As the substitute coalition chairman, I should be the one to fill the coalition chairman’s shoes,” the scandal-plagued lawmaker writes on Twitter.
“I give up the position and wish my friend, David Bitan, best wishes in clearing his name,” he adds.
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