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Netanyahu drops bid to scrap Likud primaries, seeks 8-10 reserved slots instead

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After internal resistance to replacing Likud primaries with a selection committee, Netanyahu shifted to seeking 8-10 reserved spots on the Likud list. The proposal would give him influence over top-ten placements, with FM Gideon Sa'ar and former Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon reportedly among the figures Netanyahu wants in winnable slots.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seated with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta at Blair House in Washington in March 2012; archival context of the Likud leader, not the reported primaries dispute.

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