Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published his list of reserved slots for the Likud party Tuesday, hours before the final deadline for submitting candidate lists for the upcoming elections. The list includes Eliyahu Medan, a reserve soldier seriously wounded in Gaza, and attorney David Peter, according to i24NEWS.
The publication, reported by i24NEWS, comes just hours before the mandatory deadline for finalizing candidate lists for Israel's upcoming elections. Netanyahu had been allotted eight reserved slots by the Likud Constitution Committee earlier this summer, following his initial demand for ten and weeks of internal friction, as The Zioneer has previously reported.
The two names confirmed so far signal an effort to appeal to security-minded voters and legal professionals. Eliyahu Medan, a reserve soldier who was seriously wounded during combat in Gaza, joins the list in a move that parallels opposition leader Naftali Bennett's earlier addition of severely wounded reservist Shahar Varon to his 'Together' party, as The Zioneer reported on Sunday. Attorney David Peter was among three candidates Netanyahu had been considering for reserved slots earlier this week, according to earlier reports reviewed by The Zioneer.
Internal Likud dynamics remain tense. The party's court had issued an ultimatum Monday demanding publication of the names, a development The Zioneer covered. Whether additional reserved names will be announced before the deadline, and whether internal opposition will erupt, remains to be seen.
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