Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday decided against holding primaries for the leadership of the Likud party, just a day after announcing that he is considering such a move.

Instead, the Likud party said that it was decided to convene the Likud Central Committee to determine that Netanyahu will be the Likud’s only prime ministerial candidate for the entire term of the 22nd Knesset.

(Arutz Sheva’s North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Arutz Sheva articles, however, is Israeli time.)


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