Sa’ar announces he’s leaving Likud: ‘Change in the leadership of the country is essential’

MK Gideon Sa’ar announces he is leaving the Likud party and will challenge Prime Minister Netanyahu for the premiership in the next elections.

“Change in the leadership of the country is essential,” he says in a televised statement.

Sa’ar says he can no longer be part of Likud under Netanyahu and that he is forming a new party.

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