Tag: Likud Party
Levin: ‘US government interfering in reform debate’
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, Religious Zionist parties sign coalition agreement, paving the way to a new government
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...
Report: Likud lawmaker Amir Ohana frontrunner to become foreign minister
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,...
Meet the Likud’s new advocate for Anglo immigrants
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...
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...
Bolstering Bibi by deriding his backers
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
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.
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Edelstein declares intention to challenge Netanyahu for Likud leadership
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...
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...
The inspirational life of Menachem Begin
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...