02.03.2012 08.Adar. 5772
Parteipolitik:
Netanyahu reportedly asked Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar to run for chairmanship of Likud convention, who turned him down.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was due to make a decision Thursday night after press time on whether he will run for the chairmanship of the Likud convention and when the race will take place.
The prime minister announced last month that he would run for the post in order to prevent the convention from giving the Likud central committee the right to decide the party’s next Knesset slate. But there were signs Thursday that he might decide to back out of the contest and ask a minister loyal to him to run instead. He reportedly already asked Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who turned him down….