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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting alongside Likud MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
Tal Schneider
Analysis
Tal Schneider
Joining legion of Likud castoffs, Edelstein may not yet be clear of Netanyahu’s pull
Splitting from the party that already quit him, the former Knesset speaker becomes the latest senior Likud politician to strike out on his own, though breaking free may not be so simple
Left: Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); right: Former Likud MK Gilad Erdan takes part in a ceremony for a bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 11:20 pm
Veteran Likud members Erdan, Edelstein said to make progress toward forming new party
Initial understandings reportedly reached in talks for alternative right-wing party to challenge Netanyahu is upcoming election; decisions said expected in next 2 weeks
By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol
Gilad Erdan take part in a special ceremony for a new bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2026, 6:08 pm
Ex-Likud minister Gilad Erdan says he is considering establishing right-wing party
Lifelong Likud member tells Radio 103FM he is examining ‘feasibility’ of run, sees himself as a potential premier once Netanyahu leaves politics
By Sam Sokol
This handout picture released by Qatar's Amiri Diwan shows Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (right) meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Doha on September 10, 2025. (Qatar Amiri Diwan / AFP)
September 11, 2025, 4:42 pm
After Israeli strike, Qatar to host emergency Arab-Islamic summit to discuss response
Funeral being held in Doha though it’s unclear who’s being buried; Trump said to tell Netanyahu in heated phone call that strike was ‘unacceptable’ and demand that Israel not target Qatar again
By ToI Staff, Agencies, Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Lazar Berman
Screenshot from video showing an UNRWA worker next to a white UN jeep, abducting the body of Yonatan Samerano, who was killed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
August 5, 2024, 11:21 pm
UN says 9 UNRWA employees ‘may have been involved’ in Oct 7 attack, have been fired
Israeli ambassador to UN calls investigation a ‘disgrace,’ alleges that ‘thousands’ of UNRWA employees are ‘involved to various degrees in Hamas’s terror activities’
By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
Likud MK Danny Danon arrives at a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 1:56 pm
Danny Danon approved as next UN ambassador for second stint
Likud MK, seen as potential challenger to Netanyahu’s party leadership, says he will fight ‘diplomatic terrorism’ at international body when he replaces Gilad Erdan in August
By Lazar Berman
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens during a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 13, 2024, 7:39 pm
Israel promises reaction to UN blacklist designation, but hasn’t made decision yet
Official says measures will be taken against agencies and personnel, but will not affect aid to Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Displaced children pose standing at their tent on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on April 10, 2024 (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 5:46 am
UN publishes report with IDF, Hamas, PIJ added to ‘list of shame’ for first time
Guterres says he’s ‘appalled by dramatic increase and unprecedented scale and intensity of grave violations’ against children in Gaza, Israel and West Bank over past year
By Jacob Magid and AP
Likud MK Danny Danon in Jerusalem, September 13, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
June 9, 2024, 7:02 pm
Likud MK Danny Danon tapped for second stint as Israeli envoy to UN
Lawmaker who served in role from 2015 to 2020 will be replacing outgoing ambassador Gilad Erdan
By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in a photo approved for publication on June 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2024, 9:25 pm
Israel livid as it’s added to UN ‘list of shame’ for wartime children’s rights violations
Israel put on list for first time, alongside Hamas, Islamic Jihad; PM slams delusional’ move; Jerusalem defends ‘most moral army in world,’ says decision will impact ties with UN
By Jacob Magid
Troops of the Givati Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Rafah, in a handout photo published June 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2024, 12:19 pm
Daily Briefing June 7: Day 245 – PM to visit DC next month. Will Israel still be at war?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu’s July 24 speech to Congress, Israel’s objections to a UN resolution on the Israeli hostage release deal, PA funds
By ToI Staff
Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 7, 2024, 6:00 am
Israel rejects Security Council resolution in support of its own hostage deal offer
Erdan opposes changes to wording in US initiative; pushback sure to irk Washington but unlikely to impact outcome given that Israel is not a member of the top panel
By Jacob Magid
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan speaks during a Security Council meeting on a resolution that would have recognized the Palestinians as a full UN member state, at United Nations headquarters, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/ Yuki Iwamura)
May 31, 2024, 8:23 pm
Erdan to end tenure as UN envoy, declines offer to stay in US as Washington ambassador
Netanyahu thanks envoy, says he declined to remain in New York due to family considerations; PM reportedly decided not to extend term of Washington ambassador Herzog
By Jacob Magid
Screen capture from video of the UN Security Council observing a minute of silence over the death in a helicopter crash of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, May 20, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 21, 2024, 12:37 pm
Israel fumes as UN’s Security Council, atomic agency mark death of Iran’s Raisi
Both UN entities hold a minute of silence for Iranian president; Israel’s envoy pans gesture to ‘mass murderer’ as akin to show of honor to commemorate Hitler’s death
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Results of a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution for the Security Council to reconsider and support the full membership of Palestine into the United Nations, displayed at the UN headquarters in New York City on May 10, 2024. (Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
May 10, 2024, 9:10 pm
UN General Assembly adopts resolution boosting standing of Palestinian mission
Overwhelming vote urges UNSC to reconsider statehood bid; move gives Palestinians spot in UNGA’s member’s hall, but not voting rights; Israel slams ‘prize for Hamas’
By Reuters and Jacob Magid
Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a United Nations General Assembly meeting about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on November 28, 2023. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP)
May 7, 2024, 11:28 am
UN set to vote on symbolic measure backing Palestine recognition
General Assembly motion would recommend the Security Council reconsider its position, after the US vetoed recognition there last month
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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