DEBKAfile Special Report December 9, 2008, 8:53 AM (GMT+02:00) Party whip Gideon Saar, top Likud favorite Likud voters rewarded its 12 workhorse legislators in the opposition party primary which took place Monday, Dec. 8, by placing party whip Gideon Saar, 42, Gilead Erdan and Reuven Rivlin in the top three slots. Of Binyamin Netanyahu's new arrivals, only Benny Begin and former chief of staff Moshe Yaalon made it to the top ten in fourth and eighth places. This group of favorites holds that final status talks with Arab leaders, especially the Palestinians, is untimely in the light of the Gaza experience. DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis December 8, 2008, 9:55 PM (GMT+02:00) Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu The Israeli elector is desperate for fresh faces, new energy and clear thinking in the defense, finance and foreign ministries to replace a government dithering for months on every key issue. Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu has been abstruse rather than enlightening. But after the primaries of Monday, Dec. 8, he will have to level with the voter. Read DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis below. Right of center dominate Likud primary, alongside moderates, religious right
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