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Thursday, February 21, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Settlement mayor petitions elections committee against name of Gantz-Lapid united party
Ma’aleh Adumim mayor Benny Kashriel files a petition against the newly formed Blue and White party, calling for the Central Elections Committee to prevent the unified party of Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid from using the chosen name for the joint list.
Kashriel, a well-known figure in the Likud party, leads the Blue and White faction in the city council of the West Bank settlement and is claiming that using the name for a national party is against election law.
A spokesperson for Blue and White declined to respond to the petition.
