The Jerusalem District Court issued a temporary injunction barring the Likud party convention from convening, in an unusual step. The Likud's own legal counsel agreed to the request, effectively blocking a party tribunal decision that had approved the convention to set primary rules.
The Jerusalem District Court on Wednesday issued an interim injunction barring the Likud party convention from convening, a rare judicial intervention in internal party affairs. The order halts a party tribunal decision that had approved the convention to set the rules for primaries.
Lawyer Avi Halevi, who filed the petition on behalf of party members, argued that fundamental issues remain unresolved: the voter registry and candidate lists have not been fully vetted; thousands of unauthorized voters may have cast ballots; and the question of retroactively curing material procedural defects remains open. Halevi warned that convening the convention under these circumstances would cause "severe harm to public trust, integrity, and the constitutional stability of the respondent" (the party).
The Likud's own legal counsel agreed to the injunction request, a highly unusual step indicating the depth of internal divisions over primary procedures. The party tribunal's decision to hold the convention is now temporarily blocked pending further court proceedings.
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