The hawkish chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee withdrew his bid to challenge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the party leadership. Uzi Landau said he reached the decision because he and former Likud Defense Minister Moshe Arens, who recently announced he would challenge the premier, appeal to the same constituency.
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