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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Likud reportedly set to approve leadership primaries
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLikud’s top decision-making body is expected to approve holding leadership primaries when it meets on Sunday, the Ynet news site reports.
A date has still not been set for the prospective leadership vote.
The Central Committee will also reportedly approve forgoing primaries for the rest of the party’s electoral slate.
Prime Minister Netanyahu last month acquiesced to a primary amid a push by Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar for a leadership race.
Sa’ar, the only Likud lawmaker to so far publicly declare he will challenge Netanyahu, has argued the ruling party needs new blood at the top after the prime minister’s consecutive failures to form a government.
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