Most MKs who will swear an oath to the Knesset on Tuesday would vote for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be Israel’s next president, said a senior Likud source close to Netanyahu The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. By law, elections for president must be held between April 9 and June 9, before President Reuven Rivlin’s seven-year term ends on July 9. Netanyahu’s closest politician, Knesset President Yariv Levin, will set the date for the Knesset vote, which must be held at least three weeks after the date is announced. “I know that most MKs would vote for him if he decides he wants to be president,” said a senior Likud source. “It’s all in Netanyahu’s hands.” The source revealed that there is also a majority in the new Knesset to change the law and change the vote from a secret ballot to an open one, which could significantly increase Netanyahu’s chances of election. It would also help Netanyahu’s electoral chances that leaving the Prime Minister’s Residence on Balfour Street for the President’s Residence three blocks away could help end the two-and-a-half-year political stalemate. If Netanyahu is no longer the leader of the Likud, the party will hold a primary crack between the members of the Likud and whoever wins could easily form a stable right-wing coalition composed of the 73 MKs of Likud, Shas, Blue and White, Torah Judaism. United, Yamina, New Hope and the Religious Zionist Party. New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar vowed never to sit under Netanyahu, but said last week that he would join a government led by a new Likud leader, including Finance Minister Israel Katz, the Minister of Finance. Cheers Yuli Edelstein and MK Nir Barkat, who would all be candidates for the leader of Likud in the post-Netanyahu era.
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if (window.location.pathname.indexOf (“656089”)! = -1) {console.log (“hedva connatix”); document.getElementsByClassName (“divConnatix”)[0].style.display = “none”;}One complication that could prevent Netanyahu from running is that it is not legally clear whether the law that prevents a president from being prosecuted would apply to a new president who is already under indictment and on trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. A spokesman for Netanyahu said he could not confirm a Channel 12 report that Netanyahu checked the law with legal experts or a separate report from the same channel that Netanyahu is no longer ruling out a presidential candidacy, as he did before. who is part of The Jerusalem Post Group, was the first to report that Netanyahu is considering seeking the presidency. Another technical possibility is that Levin may refuse to start the race for president. When Rivlin’s term ends, it would be up to Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to determine whether Levin would become interim president. When Knesset President Dalia Itzik served as interim president after President Moshe Katsav stepped down to deal with the rape charges, Itzik pardoned hundreds of people, including former MK Nomi Blumenthal. Blumenthal were convicted of electoral bribery and obstruction of justice by paying hotel rooms for members of the central Likud committee before elections to the party’s Knesset slate and then trying to cover it up. Levin could forgive Netanyahu if a court settlement occurs before Netanyahu is convicted of criminal charges. If Netanyahu were elected president, he would join Shimon Peres as the only man who served as prime minister and president. Other candidates are expected to include former Labor Party ministers Isaac Herzog, Amir Peretz and Shimon Sheetrit, Likud MK Yehudah Glick and perhaps Israel Award-winning educator Miriam Peretz and singer Yehoram Gaon.