Ministers are denying for now that they requested to cancel the cabinet meeting due to the primaries events, according to Amit Segal (N12). The previously scheduled cabinet discussion has been postponed to Thursday.
The political-security cabinet meeting on the Gaza agreement, originally scheduled for tonight (Tuesday), has been postponed to Thursday following a series of rapid developments this morning. According to Amit Segal (N12), ministers are denying that they requested the cancellation due to the Likud primaries events. The denial comes after earlier reports attributed the cancellation to ministers' primary election commitments.
All developments were reported within minutes of each other at 09:52 Jerusalem this morning. The thread began with initial reports that the security cabinet would convene tonight to discuss the Gaza agreement. Shortly thereafter, the meeting was reported canceled without explanation. Israeli media then reported that the cancellation followed complaints from ministers about primary election events scheduled for this evening. Finally, ministers denied the primaries link and the discussion was rescheduled to Thursday, according to N12's Amit Segal.
The internal tensions over the Likud primaries have been a recurring theme. As The Zioneer reported in June, Minister Miri Regev stated that the prime minister's demands would be heard and that primaries would be held. The debate over whether the party list will be determined by primaries or a committee has been a source of friction within the party.
The reasons for the postponement remain unclear, and the ministers' denial suggests internal sensitivity around the issue. Whether the cabinet will indeed convene on Thursday as rescheduled is not yet confirmed.
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