Likud Tribunal Sets July 7 Deadline on Primary Rules

Likud's high tribunal set binding timetables at 17:18 IDT for approving the party's Knesset primary rules and warned of sanctions, including possible expulsion from the movement, if its decisions are not carried out by July 7. The fight follows Netanyahu's push for a selection committee or reserved slate slots, Bitan's petition and the party comptroller's warning that scrapping primaries would be legally defective. For Israel's governing right, orderly internal democracy matters before voters judge security, service and Torah-respecting policy.