Likud party

Elections Committee chair orders local authorities to remove Likud signs after party ignores order

Sohlberg ruled on Saturday night that Likud’s Arabic-language signs, designed in Yashar’s colors and showing opposition leaders beside Mansour Abbas and Ahmad Tibi, could mislead voters.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Election campaign billboards featuring Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot and Likud party chairman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside opposition leaders are displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections.
Dan Illouz.

Choosing conviction over party lines, Dan Illouz leaves Likud in bid to shape Israel’s future

In Jerusalem spoke with Illouz during a brief lull in his busy schedule to hear a bit about his life, principles, and the issues in this election.

|ByAARON REICH
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks with The Jerusalem Post, October 21, 2026.

'Not Ben-Gvir': Next defense minister should come from Likud, Netanyahu tells ‘Post’

"It's gonna be our government. We decide what the policy is,” Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post. He did not name a candidate for defense minister.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN, AMICHAI STEIN
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth leads a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 27, 2026

Bismuth warns Israel’s enemies may attack on Election Day as Knesset defense committee meets

"Israel's enemies will attempt to attack on Election Day," Bismuth wrote in an X/Twitter post. "We are prepared."

|ByAARON GLICK

Likud MK criticizes Barkat's absence at budget vote in Knesset

Likud MK Eliyahu Revivo said that if he were prime minister, he would fire Nir Barkat for his refusal to attend the vote.

DECEMBER 4, 2023ByMAARIV
The Likud faction

Otzma Yehudit MK calls for control of Gaza Strip

Limor Son Har-Melech called for a settlement to build the Gaza Strip anew following the end of the war with Hamas.

NOVEMBER 24, 2023ByWALLA!
MK Limor Son Har-Melech

Lapid calls for new Likud-led gov't without Netanyahu, extremists

Lapid explained that he didn't think Netanyahu could remain prime minister because the public had lost faith in him socially and for security.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Yesh Atid head MK Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 26, 2023.

Israel's ruling faction pressures police to halt protests at ministers' homes

The Likud party has submitted an appeal to Israeli police in regard to a decision that would allow protesters to hold demonstrations near the homes of Likud party members.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
People gather to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to California as he is scheduled to meet with entrepreneur Elon Musk, at Union Square in San Francisco, California, US. September 18, 2023.

Likud politicians urge Ayelet Shaked to switch sides, join Likud

"If she runs in the primaries, she'll be in the top ten," said a Senior Likud MK. Shaked had no comment when asked about the switch.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023ByANA BERSKY/MAARIV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then justice minister Ayelet Shaked (L) during a vote at the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament on December 21, 2016, during the state budget vote for 2017-2018.

50 Influential Jews: Danny Danon - No. 25

Will the chairman of World Likud be the next party leader?

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Likud MK Danny Danon.

Likud made a mistake with judicial reform - MK David Bitan

Likud MK David Bitan said that the government hasn't been giving sufficient attention to other important issues that are not related to the reform.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023ByARIELLA MARSDEN
MK David Bitan of the Likud party seen at the election committee where political parties running for a spot in the upcoming Israeli election arrive to present their party list, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 15, 2020.

Israel tries to oust Yad Vashem head under Sara Netanyahu's influence

Education Minister Yoav Kisch initiated a directive in a poorly orchestrated attempt to unseat Dayan and put a Likud MK in his place.

AUGUST 31, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan speaking at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on June 5, 2023.

Likud to expel activist who told Ashkenazim to burn in hell

“Ashkenazim, may you burn in hell. Not for nothing did six million die. I’m proud. If only six million more would burn,” Zarka stated.

AUGUST 21, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Prime Minis4er Benjamin Netanyahu and leader of the Likud party speaks with Miki Zohar during a Likud party meeting in the Israeli parliament on January 25, 2016

I will not respect High Court ruling to strike down judicial reform bill - Likud MK

"The Supreme Court has no authority to intervene in Basic Laws," Gotliv argued in the tweet.

AUGUST 1, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
MK Tally Gotliv attends a conference as part of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 28, 2022.