Netanyahu held a meeting yesterday ahead of the Likud primaries, during which he was presented with polls showing that placing Tally Gotliv near the top of the Likud slate would cost the party 2–3 seats.
According to the polls, she is currently expected to rank high in the second ten, and the recommendation was to work with party members to temper support for her and ensure that she does not place too high.
Netanyahu said the figures were “troubling,” in his words, but decided not to intervene, saying that he “trusts the party members to make the right considerations in the primaries.”
Quite a clear hint.