MESOP NEWS MIDEAST WATCH: Jewish Agency Head Appointment Likely to Be Delayed After Abrupt Withdrawal of Lapid’s Candidate

Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid requests a delay in procedures to allow his party to present another candidate, after Elazar Stern pulled out amid a storm over his comments on shredding anonymous complaints – Judy Maltz HAARETZ ISRAEL Oct. 18, 2021

The Jewish Agency Board of Governors is scheduled to convene next week to approve its new chairman of the executive. But as things stand today, there may be no candidate to approve.

After the sudden withdrawal from the race last week of Elazar Stern, who had been considered a frontrunner for the job, Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid had requested from the nomination committee a delay in procedures to allow his party to present another candidate.

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