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Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Jan. 11, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Levin: ‘US government interfering in reform debate’

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Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin accused the U.S. government of helping opponents of judicial reform, speaking in a video obtained by the Walla! website on Monday. Speaking to ultra-Orthodox activists at the home of haredi strategist Yossi...
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with Shas leader Aryeh Deri, Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich and other party leaders at a swearing-in ceremony of the 25th Knesset in Jerusalem, Nov. 15, 2022. Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Likud, Religious Zionist parties sign coalition agreement, paving the way to a new government

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The Likud and Religious Zionist parties reached a coalition agreement on Thursday evening that clears the way for Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government backed by 64 members of Israel’s Knesset. Under the...
Then-Israeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana delivers a speech at a Likud Party election rally in Or Yehuda, Feb. 13, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

Report: Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana frontrunner to become foreign minister

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Likud Party lawmaker Amir Ohana is the frontrunner to be named Israel’s next foreign minister, while fellow party member Miri Regev has been tapped to head up the Education Ministry, sources said on Tuesday. Previously,...
Likud parliamentary candidate Dan Illouz placed 33rd on the party's electoral list for national elections slated for Nov. 1, 2022. Photo by Maayan Hoffman.

Meet the Likud’s new advocate for Anglo immigrants

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In 1949, shortly after the founding of the State of Israel, Montreal-born Dov Yosef, a graduate of McGill University law school, became Israel’s first Canadian Knesset member and minister. Seventy-three years later, Montreal-born Dan Illouz...
A Likud Party primary polling station in Ashdod on Aug. 10, 2022. Photo by Flash90.

Likud Knesset slate undergoes overhaul following dramatic primaries

The Likud primaries delivered dramatic results on Thursday, shaking up the party’s Knesset slate and pushing long-serving lawmakers to unrealistic slots that will likely leave them out of the Knesset come the Nov. 1...
Gadi Sukenik, January 2020. Credit: Roee Shpernik via Wikimedia Commons.

Bolstering Bibi by deriding his backers

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In an interview with Israel’s Channel 13 on Monday, former TV news anchor Gadi Sukenik unwittingly gave a boost to the very politician whose supporters he was trying to discredit. Discussing Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid,...

Netanyahu plea deal rumors send Likud Party into a flurry

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Talk of a possible plea bargain for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has lit a fire under members of his Likud Party; such a deal could see Netanyahu forced out of politics for several years. Camps...
Former Israeli minister of Health Yuli Edelstein attends a ceremony for the newly appointed head of the Ministry of Health in Jerusalem, July 13, 2021. Flash90

Edelstein declares intention to challenge Netanyahu for Likud leadership

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Former Knesset speaker and Likud Party No. 2 Yuli Edelstein announced on Monday that he will challenge Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu for leadership of the party. “We have held elections four times. The Likud is...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, Sept. 27, 2021. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Israel’s opposition blasts Bennett’s ‘hollow, cliché-filled’ UNGA address

The Likud Party criticized Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday, saying he had squandered an opportunity to make Israel’s case during his address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the day. Bennett’s...
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin delivers an address at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland upon his arrival in the United States for a state visit, Jan. 1, 1978. Credit: USAF

The inspirational life of Menachem Begin

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Winston Churchill once wrote, “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to go.” I thought of those words recently after watching “Upheaval,” a new documentary film produced by the Hidden...