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Kulanu MK Eli Alaluf seen in the Israeli parliament on February 05, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 8, 2026, 3:40 pm
Former MK, Israel Prize winner Eli Alaluf dies at 80
Immigrant from Morocco entered politics in 2015 as a member of Kulanu after a career spent fighting poverty, for which he was awarded the country’s top prize in 2011
By ToI Staff
Merav Ben-Ari (L) joins Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party, February 1, 2021 (Courtesy)
February 1, 2021, 12:34 pm
Former Kulanu MK Merav Ben-Ari joins Lapid’s Yesh Atid
In announcement ahead of deadline for submitting party slates, gender equality advocate says it’s ‘the most significant time for the state to change the leadership’
By ToI Staff
Volunteers sort election posters bearing the portrait of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Likud party's electoral campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 2, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
December 17, 2020, 2:18 pm
Let my people vote (earlier): Israel set for chaotic eve-of-Passover election
A fitting end to the dysfunctional 35th Government? Likud and Blue and White can’t agree on a bill that would ensure ballot-counting doesn’t run into March 29 holiday
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Modiin Mayor Haim Bibas (left) and Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai (composite image: Flash90)
October 22, 2020, 7:07 pm
The two ambitious mayors who may save Netanyahu and doom the left
Will a run by Tel Aviv’s Ron Huldai drive Meretz out of the Knesset? Will Modiin’s Haim Bibas, an outspoken Netanyahu critic, be his lifeline?
By Haviv Rettig Gur
People walk by election campaign billboards showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, alongside Blue and White party leaders, from left to right, Moshe Ya'alon, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid and Gabi Ashkenazi, in Tel Aviv, April 3, 2019. Hebrew on billboards reads, left, "A strong Likud, a strong Israel," and on the right, "Every vote counts, Blue and White victory." (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
September 22, 2019, 5:48 am
Polls apart: Central Israel goes for Gantz while the south sticks with Netanyahu
Results highlight geographical polarization with some parts of the country giving a clear lead to Likud and others opting overwhelmingly for rival Blue and White
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin at a joint press conference at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan announcing Zehut's withdrawal from the September elections, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)
September 20, 2019, 9:50 pm
Swallowing Kulanu and buying off Zehut, Netanyahu ended up losing 300,000 votes
Deals to remove competing parties from election boomeranged against Likud, near-final figures show; Blue and White said planning interview blitz next week to claim victory
By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
Backdropped by Jerusalem's Old City Walls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) holds a press conference with Moshe Kahlon, January 21, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 20, 2019, 6:22 am
Did Moshe Kahlon’s ‘sane right’ voters revolt against Netanyahu?
In six different cities, an analysis of voting figures shows, the merger with Kahlon’s Kulanu did not boost Likud, while Labor, Yisrael Beytenu and even Shas rose instead
By Simona Weinglass
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon deliver a joint statement to the press about a new tax reduction, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 3, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 15, 2019, 1:26 pm
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon plans to quit politics after elections – report
Former Kulanu party chief, who has rejoined Likud, said to be feeling ‘unchallenged,’ has been looking ‘finished, exhausted’; he denies ‘recycled’ report
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, June 30, 2019. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 11, 2019, 3:08 pm
Reeling from the last election’s failures, Netanyahu turns on the right
Into the weeds of the prime minister’s narrowing electoral prospects, as a cornered political animal seeks to carve a path to victory at the right’s expense
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Backdropped by Jerusalem's Old City Walls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) holds a press conference with Moshe Kahlon, January 21, 2013. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
June 23, 2019, 12:22 pm
Likud internal court rejects appeals against merger with Kulanu party
Two MKs had objected to move that pushed them lower on the party’s election slate, endangering their Knesset seats
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Michal Shir at an orientation day at the Knesset, April 29, 2019. (Noam Moscowitz/Knesset)
June 4, 2019, 6:05 pm
2 Likud lawmakers appeal to internal court against merger with Kulanu
MKs whose seats may now be in danger claim agreement that reserved 4 spots on slate for Kulanu MKs was approved without due process; float compromise arrangement
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on June 3, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 3, 2019, 9:34 pm
Israel’s ‘do-over’ election brings new threats to Netanyahu
PM faces challenges from right and left; would still be presented with tough task of cobbling together a coalition should Likud gain most seats in September
By Aron Heller
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2019, 10:24 pm
Netanyahu advisers said to warn elections won’t give him time to secure immunity
PM now reportedly doing all he can to avoid snap polls, 24 hours before deadline; if deal reached, lack of time will likely force him to give Justice Ministry to URWP’s Smotrich
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks with Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, left, in the Knesset, on March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2019, 7:51 pm
Netanyahu issues cryptic hint that snap elections may be averted
Addressing Likud secretariat before it votes to approve Kulanu merger, premier says that ‘the clearer it is that we are going to elections, the more likely it is that we won’t’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, on Israel's 71st Independence Day, May 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2019, 9:36 pm
Netanyahu bemoans ‘impossible demands’ by prospective coalition partners
With only 2 weeks left to form the next government and many hurdles remaining, PM says task seems ‘absurd,’ claims budgetary demands cannot be met
By ToI Staff
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