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Could senior Likud MKs force compromise on judicial reform? - analysis

Behind the scenes, President Isaac Herzog announced that he formulated a proposal of his own to counter current judicial reforms.

|ByELIAV BREUER
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) is seen next to Likud MK David Amsalem in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2023.
LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Israel elections: How are Likud and Labor primaries significant? - opinion

One thing is certain: neither the list elected last week in the Labor Party, nor the one elected in the Likud would have been imaginable back in the 1990s.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu at his party faction meeting, December 13, 2021.

Netanyahu: Leftists in Likud endanger Israel

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said that a group of Likud activists called the 'New Likudniks' are actually leftists trying to bring down the party.

|ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud head Benjamin Netanyahu at his party faction meeting, December 13, 2021.

Netanyahu opens fire on future Likud contenders

Both Israel Katz and Nir Barkat have said they would run for Likud leader in the post-Netanyahu era but would not run against him. 

|ByGIL HOFFMAN

Poll: Most Likud voters support forgoing right-wing bloc

“We voted for Likud, not the bloc,” new Likud activists campaign states.

OCTOBER 28, 2019
A New Likudniks campaign saying "We voted for Likud, not for the bloc! Unity government now!"