Likud primaries

Suspect arrested for sexually harassing Likud activist Hadar Mukhtar

The suspect has since been released under restrictive conditions.

NOVEMBER 20, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hadar Muchtar arrives to register her Fiery Youth party for the upcoming elections at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2022.

MK Tally Gotliv speaks outside the court in Tel Aviv during a case against Eli Feldstein, November 21, 2024

Likud MKs slam Gotliv for erratic behavior, lack of legislative success

According to a Likud MK, Gotliv chastised ministers for engaging with Arab colleagues and was seen singing provocatively to MK Walid Taha in the Knesset corridors.

AUGUST 20, 2025|ByAVI SOLOMON

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett and the female ministers in the government pose for a photo with visiting German chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this year.

Likud's use of reserved slots keep the number of women MKs low - opinion

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's use of reserved slots in Israel's Likud Party has become the focus of bitter competition among women.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022|ByGIDEON RAHAT, CHEN FRIEDBERG

LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Israel elections: How are Likud and Labor primaries significant? - opinion

One thing is certain: neither the list elected last week in the Labor Party, nor the one elected in the Likud would have been imaginable back in the 1990s.

AUGUST 14, 2022|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

Complete list of the new Likud list

The Likud is expected to win 30 seats in the upcoming elections, according to latest polls.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV, ALON EINHORN

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after voting in the Likud primaries

Yehudah Glick on primaries results: Likud not a one-man show

Glick was happy that certain currently serving MKs, likely referring to firebrand Oren Hazan, did not make it to realistic reelectable spots.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByURI BOLLAG

Edelstein claims second spot in Likud list after votes tallied

Netanyahu “very satisfied” by result; Sa’ar comes in fourth, Hazan bumped to unrealistic spot.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV

Katz, Edelstein neck-and-neck for first place, 70% of Likud votes counted

Netanyahu’s rival, former Likud minister Gideon Sa’ar, came in third place, despite the premier’s best efforts to convince party members not to vote for him.

FEBRUARY 6, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein speaking at the Knesset, October 23, 2018

Likud primary candidates ply voters with jingles and jugglers

Sa’ar: "We must all work together so the Likud led by Benjamin Netanyahu will form the next government."

FEBRUARY 5, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV

Playing tunes during Likud primaries in Tel Aviv

Netanyahu pushes Likud voters to elect his candidate list in primaries

Netanyahu asked members of the party to vote for a strong Likud to ensure a victory in national elections on April 9.

FEBRUARY 5, 2019ByURI BOLLAG

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks at the Cybertech 2019 conference in Tel Aviv

Decision day in Likud: Sa’ar’s outcome a test of Netanyahu’s power

‘Rivlin waiting until after election to deny my father the mission of forming gov’t and to give it to his good friend Gideon Sa’ar,’ says Yair Netanyahu.

FEBRUARY 4, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV