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


Middle Israel: How Likud’s 70,000 primary voters defied their leader

In an unfolding era of one-man parties, Likud’s 70,000 primary voters offered a much needed display of democratic will.

LIKUD ACTIVISTS carry a poster of Miri Regev on Tuesday, the day of the Likud primaries

Political Affairs: Labor's war for survival

The Labor primary next week will find a once-powerful body struggling to survive.

LABOR LEADER Avi Gabbay is harangued by MK Eitan Cabel (right) as MK Amir Peretz looks on during a meeting of the party last month

Barkat emerges victorious in shift to national politics

To obtain the 30,143 votes he received and defeated many veteran Likud politicians, Barkat relied on a staff of 400 volunteers, many of whom he has known since his days in the IDF and in hi-tech.

Former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat

Complete list of the new Likud list

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

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.

Likud MK Yehudah Glick

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.

Likud Primaries voting booth

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.

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."

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.

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Gideon Sa'ar