Israel’s justice minister, Tzachi Hanegbi, was elected chairman of the Likud Party’s Central Committee. Hanegbi defeated Yisrael Katz by a margin of 58 percent to 40 percent in internal elections. In his victory speech, Hanegbi vowed that the primary system in the Likud would be eliminated. Likud officials said Hanegbi’s victory represented a victory for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had drawn the ire of the rank-and-file when he called for the suspension of party primaries last year.
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