If It Were Up to Him, the Constitutional Crisis Would Have Happened Long Ago: The Leading Candidate to Replace Netanyahu

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is described as the leading candidate to replace Benjamin Netanyahu in the Likud, thanks to ideological consistency and a tough line against the judicial system, including boycotting Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit and willingness for a constitutional crisis.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is portrayed in the article as the leading candidate to replace Benjamin Netanyahu in the Likud. The article presents him as someone who combines grassroots popularity with uncompromising ideological consistency, while remaining loyal to Netanyahu. His battle with the judicial system intensified as he rose through the ranks: as Justice Minister he dared to do what many feared, and as Knesset Speaker he turned the struggle into a significant mission. The peak of the confrontation was his decision not to recognize the appointment of Yitzhak Amit as President of the Supreme Court. The article claims that Ohana does not seek approval from the system, and sees the rule of law as the will of the voter, not the rule of jurists. He is portrayed as a "new-old Likudnik": liberal in his views but a political hawk on the structure of the state. The article praises his willingness for direct confrontation, even at the cost of hostile headlines, and presents him as the natural successor to Netanyahu. The article uses loaded language and glorifies Ohana, presenting his positions as facts.

If It Were Up to Him, the Constitutional Crisis Would Have Happened Long Ago: The Leading Candidate to Replace Netanyahu