Likud MKs unanimously approve incumbent Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein to continue in the position for a third term.
“I thank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the Likud faction who unanimously approved my candidacy for the Knesset. I am certain that members of the Likud faction will lead the 21st Knesset with honor and success,” Edelstein says after the vote.
“I am pleased you are continuing,” Netanyahu says shortly afterwards.
Netanyahu’s support of Edelstein comes despite some tension between the two. During February’s Likud party primaries, Netanyahu declined to endorse Edelstein in his recommendations to voters, with some reports suggesting the prime minister feared the Knesset speaker would not toe the line.
Edelstein went on to finish first in the primaries, making him No. 2 on Likud’s electoral slate after Netanyahu.
— Raoul Wootliff
Likud MKs vote to back incumbent Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein for another term in the position, during a faction meeting at the Knesset, on April 30, 2019. (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
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