Likud party

Likud Party accuses A-G, police of being 'deep state,' conducting 'illegal, targeted witch hunt'

The statement claimed that members of “the Israeli deep state and its operatives” are attempting to intimidate Likud ministers, Knesset members, and senior officials.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Railway to nowhere: How Miri Regev, Likud politics stalled Israel’s role in IMEC corridor - opinion

A regional rail project that could generate billions has been stalled by a narrow Likud power struggle.

|ByNIMROD DWECK
Opposition party leaders Yair Golan, Yair Lapid, and Benny Gantz. Israel’s opposition needs to find unity, the writer says.

Israel's opposition must unite to defeat Netanyahu, restore responsibility in politics – opinion

A divided opposition risks repeating past failures; uniting the parties is the only path to replacing the current government.

|ByYAAKOV KATZ
Dr. Esther Luzzatto, public activist, social impact leader, and businesswoman.

Governing a State Cannot Run Through the Likud Central Committee

The preference of Ashkelon over Be’er Sheva reveals a cynical political use of tax benefits, contradicting the national needs of Israel and the Negev.

|ByDR. ESTHER LUZZATTO

President Herzog grants Netanyahu 10 more days to form coalition

Herzog awarded Netanyahu a ten-day extension to the initial 28 days, which expires on Sunday at midnight.

DECEMBER 9, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog presents a letter to MK Benjamin Netanyahu, giving him a mandate to try to form a government coalition, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, on Sunday

United Torah Judaism signs coalition agreement with Likud

The Likud has now signed partial agreements with Otzma Yehudit, the Religious Zionist Party, Noam and UTJ – but not Shas.

DECEMBER 7, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
United Torah Judaism MKs Yitzchak Goldknopf and Moshe Gafni sign a coalition agreement with Likud, December 6, 2022.

Avi Maoz is alienating even Likud members

National unity, if it ever arrives, will have to wait for a much later phase and very different circumstances.

DECEMBER 5, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
MK AVI Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset plenum, last month.

Likud begins process to replace Knesset speaker

Breakthrough in negotiations between the Likud and the Religious Zionist Party announced.

NOVEMBER 29, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Head of the Religious Zionist Party MK Bezalel Smotrich speaks next to Head of opposition Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the opposition parties at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on June 28, 2021.

Netanyahu gives crash course in Machiavellian politics - analysis

Smotrich is now on the receiving end of what the Center-Left has called the "poison machine" – and, despite his experience, he is still taken aback.

NOVEMBER 24, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
MK BENJAMIN NETANYAHU appears at his book launch event in Jerusalem on Monday

Coalition talks stalled as factions quarrel in new Knesset

Netanyahu met with Arye Deri and Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday, with Deri continuing to insist on the Finance Ministry.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, SHIRA SILKOFF
Far-right Israeli lawmakers Itamar Ben Gvir, center, and Bezalel Smotrich, right, attend the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament, at the Knesset, or parliament, in Jerusalem, November 15, 2022.

Ben-Gvir, Smotrich will coordinate negotiations for gov't positions

Remaining a united bloc will allow Smotrich to negotiate for the top cabinet positions, namely defense, justice, or finance minister.

NOVEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Then-head of the National Union party MK Betzalel Smotrich and attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir attend Otzma Yehudit party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019.

Netanyahu uses empty voting centers photos from 2019 to encourage voting

The message shared by the Likud leader stated that right-wing voting percentages were down used photos from the 2019 elections to illustrate his point.

NOVEMBER 1, 2022BySHIRA SILKOFF
RIGHT: Photo from the September 2019 elections shared by then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. LEFT: The same image is shared again by Netanyahu, only this time he claimed it to be from November 2022.

Israel Elections: Upcoming vote is crucial to save the courts from Likud - opinion

The Likud aim is authority without limits and power without limitations. Such governance will endanger the foundations of our young republic and shall strip us from the defenses of our liberties.

OCTOBER 21, 2022ByZE'EV B. BEGIN
THE WRITER speaks at a New Hope election campaign event in Rishon Lezion, last year.

Ben-Gvir is a danger to Israel and he is what the election is about - comment

He is a threat to the future of Israel’s fragile democratic character, and if he gets his way – and Netanyahu gets his 61 seats – these two men will have the ability to demolish the country.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ
MK Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit political party surrouned visits in Beit Orot, in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of At-Tur, October 13, 2022.