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News and updates about Likud

Regev: An overwhelming victory for the Likud
Minister Miri Regev says the Likud party is not striving for a unity government but for a right-wing coalition with its natural partners.

Netanyahu: Time to unite
PM Netanyahu speaks following publication of exit polls: A night of a huge victory, time to stop the election rounds and form a government.

Elkin: Sovereignty? In a few months
Likud Minister estimates in conversation with Arutz Sheva that a right-wing government will soon be formed to promote sovereignty quickly.

Watch: Victory song at Netanyahu's home
The PM's campaign team came together to celebrate the results of the exit polls and started singing the song "Shabechi Yerushalayim".

Nir Barkat: We need a broad coalition
Likud candidate for Finance Minister tells Arutz Sheva: The Likud should aspire to build as broad a coalition as possible.

Likud: 'Left trying to swindle elections'
The Likud accused the Left of using illegitimate means to influence election results.

Netanyahu's close aide: Miri Regev is a 'beast'
Channel 12 News reveals recordings in which Netanyahu's aide Natan Eshel is heard boasting about Likud's "hate campaign".

Israel – without Netanyahu?

In dramatic turnaround, poll shows Likud winning most seats
A Channel 12 poll shows the Likud leading the Blue and White Party for the first time since a third round of elections was announced.

Nir Barkat: Who would bet one shekel on Gantz?
Likud's candidate for Finance Minister criticizes Gantz in wake of probe into his company.

Gov. Mike Huckabee to attend Netanyahu election rally
Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to join Likud campaign rally in Israel ahead of Knesset election.

Benny Gantz's glass house

Poll: Right strengthens as Blue and White falls to 31 seats
Likud becomes largest party as Blue and White falters in latest poll by Direct Polls.

Netanyahu resumes attacks on Yamina
PM expresses hope that Bennett "will remain loyal to his voters", claims Yamina "had contacts with Blue and White."

Yamina MK: No government without Netanyahu
MK Matan Kahana rules out any option of forming a government with Blue and White.

Bennett asks, Likud will stop attacking
Yamina chairman sends messages to Netanyahu's associates saying he wants to avoid a confrontation with the Likud.

Poll: Right-wing bloc wins 56 seats
New poll shows Blue and White winning 35 seats, Likud 33, no side able to form coalition.

Likud leaks massive database
Massive leak from pre-elections database inclues names, numbers and voting habits of all Israeli adults.

Shaked: The big parties want us to be small
MK Ayelet Shaked says Likud and Blue and White attack Yamina "so that we do not interfere with the idea of a Palestinian state."

Netanyahu attempting to erase Yamina
Prime Minister, realizing he will not win majority in elections, attempts to improve position in future negotiations on unity government.

Netanyahu: Gantz is cute, but he's no leader
Prime Minister says Blue and White chairman cannot truly implement the Deal of the Century.

Likud campaign goal: Another 200,000 votes
Likud launches election campaign today, aiming to bring in another 200,000 votes for a 61-seat bloc.

'Sovereignty now - don't wait'
'Apply sovereignty immediately, without any delay,' says Likud MK Michal Shir. 'Jews don't need approval from others in their own land.'

Poll: After Trump plan release, Likud surges past Blue & White
Israelis overwhelmingly back Trump's peace plan, new poll shows, with just 16% opposed to it. Israeli Right takes lead over the Left.

Netanyahu: We will apply sovereignty to all settlements
PM at launch of Likud election campaign: This time Likud voters will turn out in droves.

Bill for sovereignty in Jordan Valley to be presented next week
Likud seeks to 'test' Blue and White party by pushing bill to apply sovereignty to Jordan Valley before the next elections.

Likud and Yamina sign vote-sharing agreement
The 2 parties will sign an agreement for pooling votes ahead of the elections for the 23rd Knesset.

Blue and White MK to defect to the Likud
Blue and White MK dropped from party list after threatening to join the Likud if he is not pushed up on party's Knesset slate.

Report:
Netanyahu threatens to fire Bennett and Smotrich
PM conveys to Bennett he will not continue in office if he runs without Ben Gvir. Netanyahu's people say it was prediction, not threat.

Likud to Bennett: Take responsibility
Likud accuses New Right of 'wasting votes' by refusing to unite with Otzma Yehudit faction.

Poll: Blue and White ahead of Likud
Likud 3 seats behind Blue and White under latest poll, but right-wing bloc has slight lead over left-wing bloc and Arab parties.

Benny Begin: I will not vote for Netanyahu
Former Likud MK: Netanyahu will take the votes for the Likud and use them to solve his personal problems.

Sa'ar to activists: You defeated fear
MK Sa'ar following primary loss: Those with faith, perseverance and willpower will taste victory.

New polls show Blue and White leading the Likud
Three new polls show Blue and White holding steady lead over the Likud. Two polls show united right-wing list struggling to cross threshold.

Likud MK: Keep Tibi out of Finance Committee
MK Kathrin Shitrit calls on Knesset Speaker to remove MK Tibi from Finance Committee after he called her a "piece of garbage".

Storm in the Finance Committee
Shitrit: 'Don't talk to me in Arabic'; Tibi: 'Shut your mouth'
MKs Kathrin Shitrit and Ahmed Tibi clash in Finance Committee as debate quickly deteriorates into curses and shouts, precluding discussion.

Poll: Barkat the leading choice to lead Likud after Netanyahu
Likud members who support Netanyahu were asked during last week's primaries who will they support after Netanyahu steps down.

Who voted for PM Netanyahu, and who voted for Gideon Sa'ar?
Likud party publishes stats detailing which cities supported PM Netanyahu, MK Sa'ar, in party primaries.

Netanyahu wins primaries
'We'll continue to lead Israel to unprecedented achievements'
PM defeats Gideon Sa'ar by a large margin and will head the Likud in the elections for the 23rd Knesset.

116,000 Likud members to choose between Netanyahu and Sa'ar
Polling stations in Likud leadership primaries will open at 9:00 a.m. Voting will end at 11:00 p.m.

Barkat to Sa'ar:
"You know you're going to lose"
Former Jerusalem mayor calls on Likud MK challenging Netanyahu to drop out of tomorrow's primary race. 'You know you're going to lose.'

Is this Netanyahu’s last run?
Netanyahu’s former spokesman Shai Bazak discusses the race for the Likud leadership and whether Netanyahu is in his last election

Erdan: I support Netanyahu
Internal Security Minister announces his support for Binyamin Netanyahu in the primaries to be held this Thursday.

Opinion: A must win for Bibi
The Likud Primary this week is critical. It is a must win for Bibi. Jewish survival depends upon it.

Likud court cancels primaries for Knesset slate
Likud party's internal court accepts petitions against the holding of the primaries for the party’s Knesset slate.

Netanyahu seeks to cancel primaries for Likud's Knesset slate
The Likud's chief legal adviser filed an appeal to the Likud court to revoke primaries for the party's list.

Indictments against Netanyahu advisers dismissed
The State Prosecutor's Office opposed the filing of the indictments, saying they were not authorized by election law.

Netanyahu meets leading Sephardic rabbi
Ahead of Likud primaries, PM Netanyahu meets Rabbi Meir Mazuz, the head of the Kisse Rahamim yeshiva and a leading Sephardic rabbi.

Gideon Sa'ar: We can and should make a change
MK Gideon Sa'ar speaks in Ramat Gan and then Afula in bid to win over Netanyahu in Likud primaries on Thursday.

Poll: Blue & White surges to 38 seats, Meretz plummets
Right-wing bloc hits 60 seats in latest poll - if Gideon Sa'ar leads Likud. Far-left Meretz party fails to cross electoral threshold.

Sa'ar: I enlarge the right-wing bloc, Netanyahu decreases it
MK Gideon Sa'ar meets Likud activists in Haifa, says the ongoing political crisis must end.

Knesset Speaker to back Netanyahu in Likud race - indirectly
Likud party activists linked to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein campaigning on behalf of PM Netanyahu in Likud leadership race.

'Sa'ar reminds me of how the Left talks'
Min. Regev slams MK Sa'ar for trying to oust PM, says he 'crashes' Likud, causing voters to leave.

'If we don't bring a new vision, we'll lose power'
Former MK Nurit Koren spoke with Arutz Sheva at the launch of Gideon Sa'ar's campaign for the leadership of the Likud.

French far-left leader blames Likud for Corbyn's defeat
Jean-Luc Melenchon blames "networks of influence from Likud" for British Labour leader's loss in last week's election.

Sa'ar: Netanyahu won't lead us to power again
MK Gideon Sa'ar launches campaign for Likud leadership.

Regev blasts Sa'ar: He is splitting the Likud
Culture and Sports Minister says Gideon Sa'ar is trying to oust an incumbent Prime Minister.

Edelstein, Erdan not expected to back either Netanyahu or Sa'ar
Minister Erdan, Knesset Speaker expected not to choose a side in the primaries for the Likud leadership.

Haim Katz endorses Netanyahu rival ahead of Likud primary vote
Bid to unseat Netanyahu as chief of Likud gains momentum, with senior Likud member and former minister Haim Katz endorsing Gideon Sa'ar.
