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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, as Likud members vote in primary elections to help determine the party’s Knesset slate. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 19, 2026, 4:16 pm
Netanyahu boasts of Likud renewal, but his new slate is a faded copy of the old
With voter turnout at a low 53%, the prime minister’s rigged primary sidelined independent voices in favor of loyalists and handpicked political functionaries
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Likud members are seen posing in a cutout with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a polling station in Jerusalem during primary elections on August 17, 2026, to determine the party’s Knesset list ahead of the Israeli general elections. The text reads, "I'm with Bibi too!" (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 18, 2026, 8:17 pm
Likud primary results boost Netanyahu’s bid to reshape sinking party, win back voters
With Likud bleeding support, PM is hoping that bringing relative moderates to top of slate, rather than far-rightists preferred by party’s hardcore, can make the difference in October’s general election
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Ofir Katz (top left), Justice Minister Yariv Levin (top right), Likud MK Amit Halevi (bottom left) and Almog Cohen vote in the Likud primary at polling stations across the country, August 17, 2026. (Ofir Katz's office, Yariv Levin's office, Amit Halevi's office, Almog Cohen's office)
August 17, 2026, 1:33 pm
Likud primary underway in heated contest for few remaining slots on party’s Knesset list
Polling stations open till 9 p.m., with Netanyahu’s expanded control of slate leaving few open spots; candidates take to social media for last-minute appeals to 140,000 Likud members
By Sam Sokol and Michael Horovitz
A polling station for the Likud primary in Jerusalem on December 10, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 5:18 pm
Likud politicians ready to battle for shrinking number of spots in Monday primary
Party polling at 22-24 seats in October election, with Netanyahu controlling a third of the top 30 slots, making the hastily convened vote a tighter race than normal
By Sam Sokol
Deputy Minister Almog Cohen attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions challenging the UNRWA laws passed by the Knesset, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 12, 2026, 1:15 pm
Former Otzma Yehudit MK to run in Likud primary after Netanyahu opens door
PM praises far-right Almog Cohen as a ‘warrior,’ confirms waiving tenure requirements to allow newly minted Likud member to run; Olympic medalist Oren Smadja joins Erdan’s party
By Sam Sokol
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 6:51 pm
Likud approves reserved spots for Israel Katz and Sa’ar, freezes vote on Haim Katz
Likud MK Tally Gotliv slams ‘disgraceful move that mocks Likud voters,’ says defense minister is ‘deeply afraid of the primary results and rightly so’
By Sam Sokol
Almog Cohen, of the Otzma Yehudit party, disrupts an event about settler violence, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2026, 7:48 pm
Coalition MKs disrupt Knesset event on violence against Palestinians, threaten attendees
Lawmakers steal food, assail slain hostage’s daughter-in-law, amid discussion of unchecked settler attacks; MK tells ‘terrorist’ colleagues they’ll be expelled from country
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
February 4, 2026, 11:30 pm
After years of talks, Israel to approve new international airport in Negev
Site in Ziklag, near Beersheba, was reportedly rejected in the past for clashing with Air Force and Ben Gurion flight paths, and because of its proximity to Gaza
By Michael Horovitz
Ben Gurion University President Danny Chamovitz speaks to the Kan public broadcaster on November 21, 2025. (Screen capture: Kan)
November 22, 2025, 4:20 pm
University head included on anti-Israel hit list blames government inaction over BDS
Danny Chamovitz adds that threats from abroad against Israeli researchers unsurprising given inhospitable attitude inside Israel: ‘We hope that now this will be a wake-up call’
By ToI Staff
Hadash-Ta'al MK Ofer Cassif attends a Knesset Economic Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2025, 6:11 pm
Knesset panel suspends Hadash-Ta’al MK Cassif for two months over wartime criticism
Lawmaker, previously suspended for 6 months, hit with penalty after 12 complaints filed against him, including for calling on ICC prosecutor to investigate Netanyahu for war crimes
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 1, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 29, 2025, 9:54 pm
After only three months, far-right deputy minister quits role to return to Knesset
Almog Cohen’s sudden move could push Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot out of parliament, setting scene for potential fight between party and coalition’s Otzma Yehudit
By Sam Sokol
Yair Golan (right) speaks at a conference in Beersheba as hecklers call him a traitor, on May 27, 2025. (screen capture: Kaye College's Sderot Conference via Facebook)
May 27, 2025, 4:20 pm
With calls of ‘traitor,’ hecklers disrupt Yair Golan speech at conference
The left-wing Democrats party leader argues back that protesters are tearing the country apart; opposition leaders condemn jeers, far-right minister Ben Gvir praises them
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset, January 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 6, 2025, 12:17 pm
Netanyahu said seeking to give ‘unemployed’ deputy minister role in forming AI policy
Far-right former lawmaker Almog Cohen was appointed to the cabinet last month to help solve a coalition spat, but it has proved tricky to find him suitable work
By ToI Staff
IAF pilots prepare to take off from the Ramon Airbase in southern Israel for strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, January 10, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 10, 2025, 1:09 pm
IAF to dismiss reservists who signed letter demanding prioritization of hostages over war
60 in active reserves likely to be booted, but most of the 1,000 signatories are veterans, no longer serving; letter calls to end war but not for refusal to serve; IDF says soldiers can’t ‘use Air Force brand’ for political protest
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attend a Knesset vote on the state budget, February 7, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 2:44 am
Smotrich reverses resignation as PM helps patch rift among his far-right partners
Almog Cohen agrees to take deputy ministerial post, resign as MK so Religious Zionism member can rejoin Knesset after being forced out by Otzma Yehudit’s brief departure from gov’t
By Sam Sokol
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