Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly considering guaranteeing top-10 spots on the Likud Knesset list for former minister Moshe Kahlon, minister Gideon Sa'ar, and local government chair Haim Bivas, according to a report by Kan public broadcaster.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly weighing a move to reserve top-10 slots on the Likud list for three prominent figures, the Kan public broadcaster reported early Tuesday morning. The candidates are former finance minister Moshe Kahlon, minister Gideon Sa'ar, and local government federation chair Haim Bivas.
The report, attributed to unnamed political sources, comes amid a growing push within Likud to cancel the party's traditional primaries and replace them with an arrangement committee selected by Netanyahu. As The Zioneer reported last week (June 16), Netanyahu's camp was already exploring a list slot for Bivas. The broader cancellation of primaries, first reported by Israeli media on June 12, is still under internal debate.
The three figures represent different factions within the party: Kahlon, a former Likudnik who broke away to form Kulanu, returned to the fold; Sa'ar, a senior minister and longtime Netanyahu rival, remains formally in Likud despite past tensions; and Bivas, a mayors' leader, is a key advocate for the committee-based list. It remains unclear whether Netanyahu has secured the necessary internal backing for the slate, and no formal announcement has been made.
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