Jewish Agency rejects Lapid request to postpone chairman vote

• Author: GIL HOFFMAN
• Published date: 13 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Lapid wrote the letter after his candidate, MK Elazar Stern, quit the race following the scandal of him shredding documents of anonymous complaints in the IDF.

"It would be much appreciated if you give us the extra time so we can suggest the best candidate for the position, as we hold the agency in such high regard," said Lapid.

But the selection committee met on Wednesday and decided to give Lapid until Sunday to come up with another candidate. The committee still intends to choose a replacement for President Isaac Herzog as chairman in time for the Jewish Agency Board of Governors meeting on October 26, and not in its next meeting in February as Lapid would prefer.

The committee interviewed its two final candidates – World Likud chairman Danny Danon and ANU Museum director Irina Nevzlin – on Wednesday. The 10-member panel is willing to interview another candidate if one comes forward over the weekend.

The Zman Yisrael website reported that Lapid was interested in Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni running for the position.

Livni responded to The Jerusalem Post: "I don't...