Likud responds to reports of party primary postponement
The political system was stirred after an Israel Hayom correspondent reported, citing a Likud source, that party primaries were postponed from August 17 to August 30 due to legal proceedings. The party has issued a sharp denial.
The political system was stirred after an Israel Hayom political correspondent reported, citing a Likud source, that the party's primaries had been postponed from August 17 to August 30. According to the report, the reason for the postponement was the ongoing legal proceedings and petitions currently being reviewed by the movement's judicial institutions.
However, shortly after the publication, the Likud issued a sharp denial, labeling the report as "complete fake news." The party's statement clarified that the primaries will be held on the originally scheduled date of August 17 and that no decision to postpone them has been made.
This report and the subsequent denial come against the backdrop of a tense period within the Likud, following a series of recent decisions by the party court regarding the primary format, including the cancellation of the "districts clause" approved at the Likud convention. Internal legal proceedings remain at the center of attention, but according to the official Likud statement, there is no change to the primary election date at this stage.
