Golan mocks Likud primary as contest ‘for a place on the deck of the Titanic’

By Sam Sokol 17 August 2026, 11:42 am

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Leader of The Democrats party Yair Golan leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 22, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Addressing Likud members as they vote in their party’s primary today, The Democrats chairman Yair Golan remarks on X that “never have so many people vied for a place on the deck of the Titanic.”

The Democrats and Likud are among the small number of Israeli parties that hold primaries.

In a statement released through a party spokesman last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that during the primary he will cast his ballot “for a winning list that will ensure [Yashar chairman Gadi] Eisenkot and Yair Golan do not form a narrow government with the Arab parties as they promised.”