Senior Likud member Gideon Sa‘ar has called for a Likud leadership primary, criticizing Benjamin Netanyahu‘s attack on Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit and the claim that the decision to indict the prime minister on corruption charges is „an attempted coup.“

„Whoever heads the executive branch can‘t say that Mendelblit‘s decision is an attempt of a legal coup. That‘s not right, it‘s not responsible,“ Sa‘ar, seen as Netanyahu‘s main rival in the party, told Channel 12 News on Saturday.