Likud:
The Likud Secretariat will be asked to approve, alongside the prime minister’s reserved slots, the placement of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and Likud Central Committee Chairman Minister Haim Katz on the Likud electoral list. This is in addition to the new candidates the prime minister is expected to add through reserved slots.
Last week, the party’s tribunal ruled that a slot should be reserved for the defense minister, who was in any case expected to place near the top of the list, in order to allow him to focus on security needs rather than engage in politics at this time.
Sa’ar will be placed on the list as part of the agreement to merge his party with Likud, while Haim Katz will be included by virtue of his role as chairman of the Likud Central Committee.