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Boost for Netanyahu rival as Likud heavyweight backs him for leadership

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Published: 17 December 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

MK Haim Katz one of few Likud members supporting Gideon Sa’ar ahead of next week’s primary election; poll shows party would lose four seats under him but right-wing bolstered

Netanyahu rival gets major boost as Likud bigwig backs him for party leadership (Haaretz)
Haim Katz, who also is influential at Israel Aerospace Industries, is among a handful of Likud members supporting Netanyahu's only challenger

Can Sa’ar defeat Netanyahu? (Jewish Journal)

Poll: Likud to lose seats, right bloc to gain if Sa'ar takes the reins (Jerusalem Post)
The Likud Party will lose four seats if MK Gideon Sa'ar takes over as leader of the party, but the right-wing bloc will get stronger compared to a situation in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stays in power in the upcoming Knesset elections in March, according to a new poll by Kan news

MKs spar over whether panel to weigh PM immunity can be formed before election (Times of Israel)
Knesset Arrangements Committee discussion descends into chaos as right-wing lawmakers walk out in protest of Blue and White member’s insistence that House Committee can be created

Photo: Gideon Sa’ar speaking at Ashkelon in December (Ilan Assayag)
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