Several candidates in next week’s Likud primary are competing to be the party’s top security figure – or at least the second one after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been nicknamed “Mr. Security.”

The top contenders for the post are MK Avi Dichter and Immigration and Absorption Minister Yoav Gallant. But perennial political candidate Uzi Dayan says he too wants to be defense minister, while MK Anat Berko is also running on her anti-terrorism bona fides. Continue reading