Likud responds on behalf of Katz, and former Netanyahu spokesman attacks: 'A low I don't recall'

The Likud party has asked the party court to dismiss a petition against the appointment of Haim Katz, arguing there is no factual basis for the claims. Meanwhile, Ran Baratz, a former spokesman for Netanyahu, sharply criticized the decision, calling it 'a low I don't recall'.

The Likud party has filed a response to a petition submitted to the party's court against the appointment of Minister Haim Katz, after the vote on him was halted by an interim order. In the response, submitted on behalf of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was stated that the chairman has the freedom to appoint whomever he wishes, and that substantive considerations, such as the minister's many years of contribution, were the basis for the decision. It was further argued that there is no factual or legal basis for the claims that Netanyahu's proposal is a quid pro quo for Katz's activities in the Constitution Committee. In parallel, Ran Baratz, who was Netanyahu's spokesman, sharply criticized the decision, writing that 'what Netanyahu is doing in the Likud primaries, in cooperation with the worst and most hackneyed ministers, is a low I don't recall'.