Report: Knesset Speaker Edelstein could run against Netanyahu in Likud primary

If primaries are held for the leadership of the ruling Likud party, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein is “seriously weighing” running against Benjamin Netanyahu and Gideon Sa’ar, Channel 12 quotes Likud sources as estimating.

Polls have indicated that support for Edelstein as party leader is lower than either the premier’s or that of his chief rival Sa’ar, who has already publicly announced the challenge.

Edelstein denies the report.

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