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.

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

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

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


Likud voters celebrate primary election, results expected on Thursday

With Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu occupying the number one spot on the list, some 70 national candidates and 40 regional candidates are vying for the remaining 34 seats.

 Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at the Likud primaries, August 10, 2022

The Likud primary election: These are the main battles

With an expected 35 seats in the upcoming election according to recent polls, Likud is by far the largest party holding a primary election.

 LIKUD MKS Gadi Yevarkan, Avi Dichter, Galit Distal Atbaryan, Miki Zohar and Likud member Ayoub Kara attend an event earlier this month in Petah Tikva ahead of next month’s Likud primaries.

Labor and Likud primaries may be postponed over security concerns

Both primaries are for the parties' lists for the Knesset and not for the lead of the party.

Israel's Labor Party holds primaries ahead of the March 2021 elections.

Netanyahu cases 'falling apart', Anglo Likud primary candidate says - interview

Likud primary candidate Fleur Hassan-Nahoum spoke in an interview about Netanyahu, per platform and what olim in Israel need.

 Deputy Jerusalem Mayor and LIkud primaries candidate Fleur Hassan-Nahoum.

Israel Elections: The down and dirty of the Likud primaries

INSIDE POLITICS: On social media, one campaign genre is already trending: viral compilations of scandalous sound bites from various Likud contenders vying for a slot in the next Knesset.

 LIKUD MKS Gadi Yevarkan, Avi Dichter, Galit Distal Atbaryan, Miki Zohar and Likud member Ayoub Kara attend an event earlier this month in Petah Tikva ahead of next month’s Likud primaries.

Israel elections: Likud reaching new lows with Netanyahu in charge, shame - editorial

How did we get to a point where in a major party, the understanding is that to score points one needs to trash-talk and accept this type of behavior?

 Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset on June 30.

Israeli journalist Boaz Bismuth announces run for Likud list

"What did you not say about me yet? You said I'm pro-Likud, pro-Netanyahu, right-wing. What can I say? You were right. I'm running with the Likud," Bismuth said in a video.

 Editor in chief of Israel Hayom, Boaz Bismuth at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021.

Druze rage at Likud moves minority slot to #44 on list

“Everything the media says about this party is true, [it is a] sh*t party,” said MK Fateen Mulla, who is Druze and currently occupies the Likud’s minority slot.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after voting in the Likud primaries

Veteran Likud MK Yuval Steinitz announces retirement from politics

Likud MK Yuval Steinitz has been in the Knesset since 1999. His wife, Gila Kanfei-Steinitz was appointed to the Supreme Court in February, which the Likud has heavily criticized.

 Minister Yuval Steinitz arrives to the weekly government meeting at the Prime Ministers office in Jerusalem, on December 31, 2017.

Will the Likud downgrade the slot for olim in the upcoming primaries?

Candidates for the oleh slot in the Likud are Michael Lobovikov who made aliyah from Russia and David Sadon who made aliyah from France.

 THEN-PRIME Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by Likud lawmakers as he gives a press statement ahead of the start of his trial at Jerusalem District Court last year.