{
  "id": 19669075,
  "title": "Likud weighs tapping MK Elisha Medan for Knesset speaker against Yashar's Kahana - report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/likud-weighs-tapping-mk-elisha-medan-for-knesset-speaker-against",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T15:48:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-914740"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party is reportedly considering Elisha Medan as their candidate to replace Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, according to a KAN News report on Wednesday. Medan, who lost both legs in a Gaza explosion during the Israel-Hamas War, is a member of Likud. Kahana, the current Knesset Speaker, was appointed by Yashar, who submitted over 61 MK signatures demanding Ohana's replacement. The opposition bloc aims to gain more control over the Knesset's legislative agenda by ousting Ohana, a fellow Likud member, before a new government is formed. Kahana, an IDF colonel and ex-Minister of Religious Services, served in multiple roles before resigning from the Blue and White party in July 2025.",
  "summary": "Medan was seriously wounded during the Israel-Hamas War, losing both legs in an explosion in northern Gaza that killed four other reservists in the early stages of the war.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}