Prime Minister Netanyahu told Likud local authority heads that he opposes an arranging committee and supports primaries, but will add a clause to today's decision stipulating that in a national emergency where the security situation requires it, he will head an arranging committee together with five other local authority heads, according to reports.
Prime Minister Netanyahu clarified his stance on the Likud primary mechanism during a meeting with local authority heads earlier this evening. He stated that he opposes an arranging committee and supports primaries, but will add a clause to the decision that in a national emergency, if the security situation requires it, he will head an arranging committee together with five other local authority heads. This marks a refinement of his position: earlier on Sunday, at 15:44 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Netanyahu had told Likud mayors the security situation could force a committee list instead of primaries (v1), and that if primaries were canceled, a five-mayor committee would determine the party list (v2–v3). At 15:44, we also reported his warning that the security situation could force primaries to fall on election day or before (v5). At 19:04 Jerusalem, we reported a further warning that security could force primaries to coincide with election day. The new statement, made after 19:04, explicitly opposes the committee except for the emergency clause, a shift from the earlier proposals that treated the committee as a default alternative to primaries.
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