FILE PHOTO: Gideon Saar, a Likud party member, speaks to supporters in Rishon Lezion, Israel December 26, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A prominent rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the right-wing Likud party announced on Tuesday a breakaway bid aimed at defeating the Israeli leader in a looming early national election.
Gideon Saar, who shares many of Netanyahu's right-wing views, said he was forming a new political movement, a year after losing an internal Likud leadership vote. The decision seemed unlikely to trigger any major walkout in Likud.
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