Likud announces Talik Gvili, Elisha Medan as latest reserved slots as deadline to submit list looms

Likud announced that Talik Gvili, mother of fallen soldier Ran Gvili, and Elisha Medan, a reservist wounded in Gaza, will receive reserved places on its electoral list. This comes amid an internal party dispute over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remaining reserved slots and their approval process, with the Likud court set to determine if the secretariat's vote will be secret or open. Likud officials believe an in-person discussion by the secretariat could lead to a compromise, allowing Netanyahu to secure some reserved slots while also moving several MKs higher on the list. The court's intervention follows a petition by MK David Bitan, with officials stating, "The court creates the mechanisms. It does not determine who will be given a reserved slot and who will not."