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Police Detain Likud Figures; Tribunal Bars Netanyahu’s Reserved Slots Plan

8/5/2026

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Police detained former Knesset member Michael Kleiner, president of Likud’s internal Supreme Court, on suspicion of tax fraud.
Police also detained Likud activist David Appel and siblings Yaffa Dayan and Yitzhak Dayan for allegedly hiding real-estate assets.
The Likud tribunal rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to give himself eight reserved slots for the October 27 election and to cancel primaries in a wartime situation.

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Police detained former Knesset member Michael Kleiner, president of Likud’s internal Supreme Court, on suspicion of tax fraud.
Police also detained Likud activist David Appel and siblings Yaffa Dayan and Yitzhak Dayan for allegedly hiding real-estate assets.
The Likud tribunal rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to give himself eight reserved slots for the October 27 election and to cancel primaries in a wartime situation.