Likud party

Bennett doubles down on mandatory haredi enlistment, blames current gov't for lack of IDF soldiers

"Draft evasion is costing the lives of our soldiers," the former prime minister said during an interview on Radio 103FM.

|ByARIELLA ROITMAN
Naftali Bennett at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026

Ex-PM Bennett slams Likud MKs for not opposing haredi draft bill, breaking coalition discipline

“The reservists are being abandoned because they don’t have a lobby in Likud. The mark of disgrace for abandoning IDF soldiers will be branded on every coalition member,” Bennett said.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

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
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

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.

Netanyahu accused of using Likud party resources to promote new book

Printouts were attached to the complaint that indicated the use of the party's platforms for advertising a private book published by Netanyahu.

OCTOBER 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Leader of the Opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Elections 2022: Amichai Chikli disqualified from running on Likud list

Amichai Chikli's candidacy was barred after MK Gaby Lasky petitioned the Central Election Committee, claiming that he did not resign early enough to be allowed to run on a different list.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
AMICHAI CHIKLI: Chose the long short path.

Netanyahu greeted with insults, jeers on visit to B'nei Brak

Locals boo'd Netanyahu and chanted insults, calling him a heretic in both modern Hebrew (kofer) and mishnaic Hebrew (apicorus).

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU attends a conference in Jerusalem, last week.

Israel Elections: Benjamin Netanyahu is poised for a 2022 victory - opinion

This time it seems that the conditions for obtaining a majority in the Knesset of 61 MKs, and even more, are more favorable than ever.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022ByORI WERTMAN
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU attends a conference in Jerusalem, last week.

'I'm not funding Hezbollah' - Lapid fires back at Netanyahu

Netanyahu posted a video saying that the deal, which the US is in the midst of brokering, would allow funding to Hezbollah and increase the attack against Israel.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.

What are questions that remain for Israel's political parties - analysis

With the primary season over, which questions remain for Israel's political parties?

AUGUST 28, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
A voting box in the last Israeli election in 2015

Inner tension in Likud spills over two weeks after primary

Reports of irregularities are still being examined.

AUGUST 25, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset.

Who are the other new members on the Likud list?

These are the five new members on the Likud list for the upcoming election.

AUGUST 15, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
Likud party head Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to cast his vote in the Likud primaries, at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022