'Mocks voters': Tally Gotliv blasts 'despicable' Likud decision to reserve slot for Israel Katz

ByTZVI JASPERAUGUST 11, 2026 11:29Updated: AUGUST 11, 2026 11:43Likud MK Tally Gotliv on Tuesday condemned the party's decision to ask the party secretariat to approve the placement of Defense Minister Israel Katz as one of the reserved slots on the party list."Israel Katz, the man and the privilege - the man and the season - the man who was terribly afraid of the primaries' results, and rightly so, is receiving a reserved slot in the Likud party," Gotliv posted on X/Twitter.The decision, Gotliv wrote, was a "despicable step that mocks Likud voters, who understand one thing better than all the veteran ministers combined, and that is the necessity to fight the judicial junta that is persecuting the right-wing government and the people of the right."Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a conference at Binyanei HaUma (Jerusalem International Convention Center) in Jerusalem, June 17, 2026. (credit: OREN BEN HAKOON/FLASH90)"As the saying goes in Katz's primary video: 'Boom boom boom,'" Gotliv added.Likud defends Katz's inclusion in Knesset listThe party said that the defense minister, “who in any case was expected to reach the top of the list, should be given a reserved slot in order to allow him to deal with security needs and not engage in politics at this time."Other ministers whom the secretariat is expected to be asked to approve include Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and party Central Committee Chairman Minister Haim Katz.Nachum Perry contributed to this report.Follow us on Google