RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: The Likud secretariat approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision, announced overnight, to grant guaranteed spots on the party’s electoral list to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Defense Minister Israel Katz ahead of the primary later this month. However, following a ruling by an internal Likud court, the secretariat freezes a vote on giving a guaranteed spot to Likud Central Committee chair Haim Katz, whom the tribunal noted is running in the party’s August 17 primary, creating a conflict of interest. Read more: