Likud primaries

Likud lawmakers, ministers forbidden from running in regional primary slots, Likud court rules

The ruling blocked a move promoted by Netanyahu and the chairman of the party’s Constitution Committee, Minister Haim Katz, which had been approved by just a five votes majority.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

‘Not a one-man party’: Likud court blocks wartime cancellation of primaries

The tribunal ruled that postponing the primaries should be the preferred option during an emergency and that the party should also prepare for electronic voting.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Elections for the Likud Central Committee, in the south Tel Aviv district. November 25, 2025.

Likud panel votes to expand Netanyahu’s control over party list, wartime primary alternative

Likud’s Constitution Committee backed sweeping changes granting Netanyahu eight reserved list slots and authority to replace primaries with a wartime selection committee.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Zionist leader Theodor Herzl at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 5, 2026.

Likud panel expands Netanyahu’s control over party list to reserve eight slots ahead of primaries

Netanyahu reportedly has held several meetings with Katz ahead of the vote, seeking to bridge disagreements over the primary system.

|ByKESHET NEEV

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.

AUGUST 14, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Who are the new members of the Likud list?

An in-depth look into five of the 10 new Likud list members likely to enter the next Knesset.

AUGUST 13, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Likud party supporters arrive to cast their votes in the Likud primaries at a polling station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022.

Loyalty to Netanyahu pays off for Likud's primary hopefuls

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: What does a changing Likud list mean for opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu?

AUGUST 12, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A LIKUD polling station in Jerusalem on Wednesday

Hanegbi's primary slump means end of an era at Likud - analysis

While once a rising star in the Likud, Hanegbi has been going downhill for a number of years.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

Stuck in the past: Where are all the women on the Likud list? - comment

Of the Likud's top 20, three are women. And of the top 10, only one is a woman. At face value alone, this does not represent the Israeli public.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Likud party member Miri Regev arrives to cast her vote in the Likud primaries at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022

Dan Illouz wins oleh spot in Likud primaries

The oleh spot is placed at the 32nd spot on the Likud list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, JULIA ROBBINS
Dan Illouz, former Jerusalem City Council Member

Israel elections: 'They don't want minorities in Likud' - MK Fateen Mulla

Back in July, Fateen Mulla also sharply criticized Likud after the party made the decision to move the slot reserved for a minority MK to number 44 on the list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, 103FM
Members of the Druze community protest for the government financial support they were promised, at the Azrieli junction in Tel Aviv on May 10, 2020.

Likud primaries: Who is number 1? Which MKs are out and where is Miri Regev?

MKs Eli Cohen, Yoav Gallant, David Amsalem and Amir Ohana occupy other top spots • Miri Regev first among women candidates on the party list.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Head of the opposition and the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote in the Likud primaries, at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022.

Likud voters celebrate primary election, results expected on Thursday

With Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu occupying the number one spot on the list, some 70 national candidates and 40 regional candidates are vying for the remaining 34 seats.

AUGUST 10, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at the Likud primaries, August 10, 2022

The Likud primary election: These are the main battles

With an expected 35 seats in the upcoming election according to recent polls, Likud is by far the largest party holding a primary election.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
LIKUD MKS Gadi Yevarkan, Avi Dichter, Galit Distal Atbaryan, Miki Zohar and Likud member Ayoub Kara attend an event earlier this month in Petah Tikva ahead of next month’s Likud primaries.