Ministers are denying for the moment that they requested to cancel the cabinet meeting due to events related to the Likud primaries, according to Amit Segal (N12). The discussion has been postponed to Thursday.
At 12:11 Jerusalem, ministers are denying that they requested the cancellation of the security cabinet meeting due to the Likud primaries, according to Amit Segal (N12). The discussion has been postponed to Thursday. This denial follows earlier reports that the meeting was canceled because ministers had primary election events this evening.
The story began at 09:52 Jerusalem this morning, when The Zioneer reported that Prime Minister Netanyahu had called the security cabinet to convene tonight to discuss the Gaza agreement. Moments later, the meeting was canceled without explanation (version 2). Shortly thereafter, Israeli media reported that the cancellation was due to ministers' complaints about primary election events (version 3). The new report from N12 now shows ministers denying that claim.
The Zioneer has previously reported on internal Likud dynamics affecting government schedules. On Thu Jul 30, a cabinet meeting was canceled without reason given. In July, the Likud Constitution Committee postponed its primaries debate to Thursday, and Netanyahu requested multiple delays in internal party meetings, as reported by The Zioneer on Wed Jul 8 and Tue Jul 21.
The denial contradicts the earlier media reports. The true reason for the cancellation and the postponement to Thursday remains unclear. It is also uncertain whether the security cabinet will indeed convene on Thursday as now scheduled.
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