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Topic: Likud party

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December 12, 2012
10:29 am

Yair Lapid on Monday, December 10. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yesh Atid sets out to prove it’s more politics than personality

Buffeted with claims that the party stands for nothing, or all the wrong things, Yair Lapid and his clutch of fresh-faced comrades aim for supremacy in the battle for the center

By Joshua Davidovich

December 11, 2012
11:23 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman of the Yisrael Beytenu party hold a joint press conference announcing the two parties joining forces, October 25, 2012. (photo credit:

Likud-Beytenu alliance holds steady at top in latest poll

But gap between right-wing and center-left coalitions down to only six Knesset seats, according to Walla survey

By Gabe Fisher

December 11, 2012
1:39 am

Silvan Shalom (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Levy Committee that says settlements are legal was ‘rigged’

Panel was deliberately chosen to obtain the desired results, says vice prime minister Silvan Shalom; PM says members were vetted by Attorney General

December 10, 2012
3:27 pm

Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem to plead for the return of her diplomatic passport, which was taken away due to her participation in the 2012 flotilla to Gaza (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Defensive positions

Soldiers attack their commanders’ orders to stand down, and one MK may have to fight in order to run for the Knesset

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 10, 2012
11:35 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Likud-Beytenu increases lead over divided center-left, poll finds

Haaretz: 81% of Israelis believe Netanyahu headed for another term; Labor loses three seats in a week

By Times of Israel staff

December 9, 2012
2:12 pm

Ethiopian woman participating in a prayer service outside Jerusalem in 2011. A report alleges that Ethiopian women were coerced into taking long-term birth control before arriving in Israel (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch / Flash90)

Rallying, politicking and miracles

Mashaal sets foot in Gaza; the IDF may have already set foot in Syria; and a wounded veteran hopes for another miracle

By Yossi Nachemi

December 6, 2012
3:50 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman embrace after announcing a merged Likud and Yisrael Beytenu party list (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Politicians on the move as election deadline approaches

Ballot fever is rising as parties rush to finalize their lists on Thursday

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 6, 2012
1:22 pm

Likud members said seething over final Knesset list with Yisrael Beytenu

Following the publication of the joint slate, some complain that the prime minister gave Liberman’s party too much

By Stuart Winer

December 6, 2012
4:15 am

Netanyahu as shock jock for a very local audience

Bibi has antagonized global allies. His opponents will do well to seize the chance and show they can fill the vacuum

By Yael Wissner-Levy

December 5, 2012
4:24 pm

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks during a Yisrael Beytenu party press conference in Jerusalem on December 4. (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Weapons of mass distraction

Three leaders whom some regard as dictators are in the papers: Assad, Morsi, and Liberman

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 4, 2012
3:45 pm

Illustrative photo of riot policemen standing guard in front of Egypt’s top court, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, December 3, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)

‘Assad could fall at any moment,’ says Arab League head

Egypt’s top court goes on strike and a news station dedicates a report to pretty Israeli politicians

By Elhanan Miller

December 4, 2012
5:05 am

Likud MK Moshe Feiglin (in black jacket, second from right) on the Temple Mount in December (photo credit: screen capture/Channel 10)

Likud hopeful prays on Temple Mount, breaking taboo

Nationalist politician Moshe Feiglin ignores unwritten rule prohibiting Jews from worshiping at the site

By Aaron Kalman

December 3, 2012
3:41 pm

Benny Begin with Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Knesset (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The politics of petulance

Israel is moving to the right — unsurprisingly, given the threats on every front — but the Likud just took that shift to a whole new level. Electing a band of grandstanding populists, and announcing settlement plans as a kind of punishment to the Palestinians, won’t help Israel negotiate the treacherous new regional realities

By David Horovitz

November 29, 2012
5:04 am

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert arrives at the District Court in Jerusalem, September 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)

Hours ahead of vote, former PM Olmert comes out in favor of Palestinian UN bid

Echoing PA’s position, Olmert says nonmember state status is congruent with two-state solution, will help move talks forward

By Joshua Davidovich

November 28, 2012
3:07 pm

The new Likud minus Zeev Jabotinsky

Gone are the party’s traditional respect for minority rights and the rule of law

By Josef Olmert

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Likud party

Yesh Atid sets out to prove it’s more politics than personality

Buffeted with claims that the party stands for nothing, or all the wrong things, Yair Lapid and his clutch of fresh-faced comrades aim for supremacy in the battle for the center

Likud-Beytenu alliance holds steady at top in latest poll

But gap between right-wing and center-left coalitions down to only six Knesset seats, according to Walla survey

Levy Committee that says settlements are legal was ‘rigged’

Panel was deliberately chosen to obtain the desired results, says vice prime minister Silvan Shalom; PM says members were vetted by Attorney General

Defensive positions

Soldiers attack their commanders’ orders to stand down, and one MK may have to fight in order to run for the Knesset

Likud-Beytenu increases lead over divided center-left, poll finds

Haaretz: 81% of Israelis believe Netanyahu headed for another term; Labor loses three seats in a week

Rallying, politicking and miracles

Mashaal sets foot in Gaza; the IDF may have already set foot in Syria; and a wounded veteran hopes for another miracle

Politicians on the move as election deadline approaches

Ballot fever is rising as parties rush to finalize their lists on Thursday

Likud members said seething over final Knesset list with Yisrael Beytenu

Following the publication of the joint slate, some complain that the prime minister gave Liberman’s party too much

Netanyahu as shock jock for a very local audience

Bibi has antagonized global allies. His opponents will do well to seize the chance and show they can fill the vacuum

Weapons of mass distraction

Three leaders whom some regard as dictators are in the papers: Assad, Morsi, and Liberman

‘Assad could fall at any moment,’ says Arab League head

Egypt’s top court goes on strike and a news station dedicates a report to pretty Israeli politicians

Likud hopeful prays on Temple Mount, breaking taboo

Nationalist politician Moshe Feiglin ignores unwritten rule prohibiting Jews from worshiping at the site

The politics of petulance

Hours ahead of vote, former PM Olmert comes out in favor of Palestinian UN bid

Echoing PA’s position, Olmert says nonmember state status is congruent with two-state solution, will help move talks forward

The new Likud minus Zeev Jabotinsky

Gone are the party’s traditional respect for minority rights and the rule of law

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