Likud primaries

Middle Israel: Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election highlights PM's cowardice - opinion

Following Likud’s primaries, the party’s new list faces criticism for reflecting Netanyahu’s leadership style and prioritizing political survival rather than the national interest.

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Campaign materials of candidates who ran in yesterday’s Likud primary elections are seen in Jerusalem, August 18, 2026
Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

Likud fears new right-wing parties, alliances could split vote below electoral threshold - analysis

Senior Likud officials have urged Netanyahu to consider reserving a spot for Haddad on the Likud list in order to prevent him from joining Winter and creating another force to Likud's right.

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Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister's son, is surrounded by his father's supporters at Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, in 2020.

Netanyahu may reserve a Likud spot for son Yair, former prime minister's spox. Hefetz predicts

Nir Hefetz predicted Netanyahu could reserve a Likud slot for Yair, while arguing the party's new slate will do little to attract undecided voters.

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MK Tally Gotliv attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 15, 2026.

'I should be justice minister': Tally Gotliv blames party machinery after Likud primary slide

Later, she called on Netanyahu to intervene in the composition of the party list, criticizing the lack of women on the primary list.

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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, 2025ByAVI SOLOMON
MK Tally Gotliv speaks outside the court in Tel Aviv during a case against Eli Feldstein, November 21, 2024

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, 2022ByGIDEON RAHAT, CHEN FRIEDBERG
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.

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, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Who are the new members of the Likud list?

An in-depth look into five of the 10 new Likud list members likely to enter the next Knesset.

AUGUST 13, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Likud party supporters arrive to cast their votes in the Likud primaries at a polling station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022.

Loyalty to Netanyahu pays off for Likud's primary hopefuls

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: What does a changing Likud list mean for opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu?

AUGUST 12, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A LIKUD polling station in Jerusalem on Wednesday

Hanegbi's primary slump means end of an era at Likud - analysis

While once a rising star in the Likud, Hanegbi has been going downhill for a number of years.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

Stuck in the past: Where are all the women on the Likud list? - comment

Of the Likud's top 20, three are women. And of the top 10, only one is a woman. At face value alone, this does not represent the Israeli public.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Likud party member Miri Regev arrives to cast her vote in the Likud primaries at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022

Dan Illouz wins oleh spot in Likud primaries

The oleh spot is placed at the 32nd spot on the Likud list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, JULIA ROBBINS
Dan Illouz, former Jerusalem City Council Member

Israel elections: 'They don't want minorities in Likud' - MK Fateen Mulla

Back in July, Fateen Mulla also sharply criticized Likud after the party made the decision to move the slot reserved for a minority MK to number 44 on the list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, 103FM
Members of the Druze community protest for the government financial support they were promised, at the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv on May 10, 2020.

Likud primaries: Who is number 1? Which MKs are out and where is Miri Regev?

MKs Eli Cohen, Yoav Gallant, David Amsalem and Amir Ohana occupy other top spots • Miri Regev first among women candidates on the party list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the opposition and the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the Likud primaries, at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022.