The vote scheduled for Tuesday on Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposal for reserved slots in the Likud convention is expected to be postponed, according to party sources.
The reported postponement of the vote on Prime Minister Netanyahu's proposal for reserved slots in the Likud convention, scheduled for Tuesday, is the latest development in a sequence of delays and internal tensions. The news broke tonight (Monday, 22:07 Jerusalem) as party sources said the vote is expected to be postponed. Earlier today (Monday, 20:22 Jerusalem), The Zioneer reported on recordings from the Likud Constitution Committee meeting that revealed anger over reserved slots for associates of Haim Katz. In those recordings, Netanyahu stated that only a security situation preventing physical voting on election day would justify moving to an organizing committee, rejecting the idea that a disruption in the pre-election campaign period alone would suffice.
The Zioneer first reported on the recordings at 20:22 Jerusalem, initially describing them as dramatic. By the same time, a second report detailed the specific content: anger over reserved slots engineered for Katz's associates and Netanyahu's stated position. The current postponement of the vote on the reserved slots proposal continues a pattern of delays in Likud internal processes. As The Zioneer has previously reported, the party has seen multiple postponements, including the cancellation of primaries on Thursday, July 16 (14:15 and 15:14 Jerusalem), a last-minute cancellation of a Constitution Committee meeting on Sunday, July 12 (20:39 Jerusalem), and a delay in the primaries debate on Sunday, June 21 (15:26 Jerusalem).
The Zioneer has also reported on the broader context: Netanyahu's efforts to secure MK votes on legislation by the end of the week (Monday, July 13, 15:35 Jerusalem), and legal challenges that led to the cancellation of primaries. The proposal for reserved slots is part of negotiations over the composition of the Likud Knesset list.
No new date has been set for the vote. The internal debate over the reserved slots and the future of the primaries remains ongoing, with the party's Constitution Committee at the center of the discussions.
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Source and signal
- Internal intake