Minutes before the Likud convention was to vote on reserved Knesset slots for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a court issued a restraining order stopping the election, according to journalist Dafna Liel (N12). The order's full details and grounds are not yet known.
Minutes before the Likud convention was to vote on reserved Knesset slots for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Lod District Court issued a temporary injunction blocking the election, according to journalist Dafna Liel (N12). The court accepted a petition from the Social Forum and the National Histadrut, and the convention is now postponed indefinitely until an additional proposal for selecting participants is raised.
The Zioneer tracked the story as it broke. At 11:34 Jerusalem, reports emerged of a request for an interim injunction to stop the primary vote. Within minutes, the court issued an interim order, and then a full court order blocking the vote was reported. The latest update at 11:34 confirmed the details of the injunction and the petitioners. The Zioneer also published a bulletin at 12:02 Jerusalem summarizing the court's intervention.
The vote was intended to allocate reserved Knesset slots to Netanyahu, a move that has drawn legal challenges. The Zioneer has reported on the internal Likud primary process and the contentious nature of the reserved slots.
The specific legal arguments behind the injunction remain focused on the selection process for convention participants. Further court proceedings will determine the next steps. The full impact on the Likud primary schedule is not yet clear.
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