🗳️ LIKUD LIST TAKES SHAPE: The Likud Secretariat is expected to consider reserved electoral-list placements for Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Defense Minister Israel Katz and Likud Central Committee Chairman Haim Katz. Israel Katz is guaranteed a place in the second five following a party tribunal ruling intended to allow him to focus on security matters. Sa’ar is slated for the top 10 under the agreement merging his party into Likud, while Haim Katz is guaranteed a place no lower than No. 18. The additional reserved positions further tighten competition in the Likud primaries.
📊 CHANNEL 14 POLL: A Channel 14 / Direct Polls survey projects the Netanyahu-aligned right-wing bloc at 62 Knesset seats, compared with 48 for the non-Arab opposition and 10 for Arab parties. Likud leads with 33 seats, followed by Yashar with 23; Shas and the Democrats receive 10 each, Yisrael Beiteinu 8, Bennett’s Together and United Torah Judaism 7 each, Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionism 6 each, and Ra’am and Hadash-Ta’al 5 each. Balad, Zehut, Bayit Tzioni/Miluimnikim, Gilad Erdan, Ofer Winter and Blue and White remain below the 3.25% threshold.
🛡️ JORDAN BORDER BARRIER: The Defense Ministry has accelerated mine clearance across the eastern region to enable expansion of the security barrier along the Jordanian border. More than 60 heavy engineering vehicles and approximately 120 mine-clearance personnel are working across four sections, removing mines, unexploded ordnance and other munitions while construction proceeds along dozens of kilometers. The project is being coordinated with security authorities and led by the Defense Ministry together with IDF Central Command.
⚡ NEXT-GENERATION DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY: President Isaac Herzog visited the Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research & Development for briefings on wartime lessons, technological independence and international cooperation. Projects presented included advances in intelligence, directed-energy weapons, robotics and neurotechnology, including a neurofeedback system being evaluated for treating post-traumatic stress and strengthening soldiers’ mental resilience. Herzog described Israel as a “powerhouse of development and revolutionary technologies,” while DDR&D chief Dr. Daniel Gold emphasized continued investment in capabilities intended to preserve the IDF’s qualitative advantage.
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