In recent months, a struggle has been going on between Likud Chairman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Chairman of the Likud Conference, MK Danny Danon. In the background, the question is who controls the Likud party. Is it the Prime Minister, who also serves as Likud Chairman, or is the power also held by other party officials?.
The beginning of the struggle within the Likud institutions: Danon tried to increase his powers at Netanyahu's expense. On both sides of the fence, the parties fired all the institutional and legal tools at their disposal, to the point that Prime Minister Netanyahu was forced to petition the Supreme Court against Danon and the Likud presidency.
The prime minister did not give up, and in recent months held a round of talks and personal meetings with members of the Likud presidency - the highest authority in the party, with the aim of convincing them to leave the powers in his hands. At the same time, Netanyahu has deepened his grip on the ground, holding personal meetings with members of the center and touring Likud branches in various parts of the country.
Returning to the members of the presidency, their position was: that instead of deciding and causing a rift in the ruling party, the parties would sit together and reach a compromise that would allow the continuation of party activity. Indeed, this morning the parties reached an agreement regarding the management of the party's institutions and it was determined that the Likud conference would convene next week to approve the compromise agreement.
Chairman of the Likud Haredi headquarters and member of the Likud presidency, Yaakov Wider, said, "I am happy that the main issues we demanded, centered on a free discussion at the conference on political and economic issues, were agreed upon between the Prime Minister and the chairman of the conference. Democracy and freedom of expression by members of the movement have been and will be the hallmark of the Likud movement, and the presidency has given and will give all the necessary backing for this.".
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