Tag: Likud
Likud, Blue and White negotiators meet for coalition talks
Negotiators from the Likud and Blue and White parties met on Sunday for the first time since Blue and White leader Benny Gantz was given the mandate by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to form...
After Netanyahu fails to form a government, mandate passes to Gantz
In the wake of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to form a government ahead of this week’s deadline, President Reuven Rivlin passed the mandate onto Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on...
Netanyahu calls for emergency election committee meeting on ‘voter fraud’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for an emergency meeting with the head of the Central Election Committee, Supreme Court Judge Hanan Melcer, to discuss possible voter fraud in this week’s election.
Netanyahu’s...
Shaked: Notice that Likud attacks Lapid, but not Gantz
The Likud is “careful to attack” Blue and White No. 2 Yair Lapid, but not party leader Benny Gantz, Yamina Party leader said on Monday, indicating that Likud is planning on a coalition deal...
Zehut members vote 3-1 to accept Likud deal and bow out of Knesset race
Zehut Party members voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to accept a deal with the Likud Party, according to which the libertarian-leaning party would end its Knesset bid in exchange for the ruling party taking on...
Likud pressuring Otzma Yehudit and Zehut parties to drop out of election
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party is pressuring two smaller right-wing parties to drop out of the Sept. 17 national elections, according to Israeli media reports. Neither of the two parties—Otzma Yehudit and...
Likud members swear fealty to Bibi
Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...
Likud members asked to sign pledge to back Netanyahu as Likud Party leader
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are drawing up a document for Likud Knesset candidates to sign, which states that they will only back Netanyahu as party leader.
The move comes in response to...
Likud amps up attacks on Barak
The Likud party continued to blast Ehud Barak’s record over the weekend, following the former prime minister’s announcement that he was returning to the political arena.
Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis said, “The public...
Is this the start of the post-Netanyahu era?
In an unprecedented move, the Knesset that was elected in April voted to dissolve itself this week. That means Israelis will have yet another election in September. But what happened in Israel wasn’t about...