The warning of the strongman in Likud: "We are going down and down in the polls, this will bring us down"
The battle over the Likud list is becoming complicated. Netanyahu demands 8 reserved slots, but a restraining order stopped their approval in the center. Today the Constitution Committee will discuss it again under the shadow…
Assessment
Internal coalition politics are bleeding into electoral viability. A senior Likud figure is publicly warning that the party's internal infighting over candidate slots is dragging down its poll numbers, with the implication that continued dysfunction could cost the party seats. The immediate flashpoint is a court injunction blocking Netanyahu's demand for eight reserved slots, which the party's constitutional committee must now revisit under threat of legal action. The real story is whether the party can resolve this before the damage becomes irreversible.