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Netanyahu Calls for Backup Committee If Security Situation Blocks Likud Primaries

By יערה שפירא

Translated & summarized from Kan News by baba

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Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that ongoing conflict might prevent Likud primaries and proposed a backup committee to select the Knesset list. The Likud Constitution Committee recently approved changes favoring Netanyahu, including reserved slots and a primary delay. MK Iluz withdrew from the race, and Minister Zohar refrained from calling October 7 the country's toughest day.

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Netanyahu warns security situation may block Likud primaries and calls for backup committee.
Likud Constitution Committee approved Netanyahu's proposal with reserved list slots and primary delay.
Primaries postponed to August 17 with Netanyahu able to swap candidates on the list.
MK Iluz announces he will not run, calling the party 'hijacked.'
Minister Zohar refuses to call October 7 the hardest day in Israel's history.

Netanyahu Calls for Backup Committee If Security Situation Blocks Likud Primaries — Editorial illustration generated by baba News, not a photograph of the event.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with local leaders ahead of the Likud Constitution Committee meeting, warning that ongoing fighting could prevent the party from holding primaries. He emphasized the importance of having an alternative mechanism, stating, "If the security situation does not allow primaries, it is important to have the option of a coordinating committee for the Knesset list." Last week, the Likud Constitution Committee approved Netanyahu's proposal for changes ahead of the party primaries. The plan grants Netanyahu eight reserved slots up to the 31st position on the list, postpones the primaries to August 17, and allows him to promote or swap Knesset members with reserved candidates. In related news, MK Iluz announced he will not run in the Likud primaries, describing the party as "hijacked." Additionally, Minister Zohar declined to label the events of October 7 as the "most difficult in the country's history."

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