Transportation and Road Safety Minister Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) is promoting his own slate on candidates for the party's primary elections on Thursday, according to Israeli media. His aim is to increase his power in the party

Among those he is supporting are those who backed him in the party leadership vote, which was won by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. She has maintained a stance of not getting too closely involved in supporting candidates, a policy that her aides fear will result in a low voter turnout and help Mofaz.