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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Likud Central Committee

Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz speaking at a party faction meeting in Ramat Gan on December 15, 2019. (Elad Malka/Blue and White)
December 25, 2019, 6:38 pm
Gantz on Sa’ar’s proposal to appoint Netanyahu as president: ‘Moral bankruptcy’
Blue and White chair says right-wing party’s lack of principled opposition to PM under indictment shows ‘Likud cannot lead the State of Israel at this time’
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar, right. (Flash90)
December 24, 2019, 2:41 pm
Netanyahu rejects as ‘spin’ Sa’ar’s proposal to make him president
PM’s campaign in Thursday Likud leadership race dismisses idea put forward by challenger, accusing him of being ‘aligned with the left’; Sa’ar denounces ‘baseless attack’
By ToI Staff
Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar launches his campaign for the upcoming primaries for the Likud chairman ahead of the Knesset elections, in Or Yehuda, December 16, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 24, 2019, 1:54 am
Sa’ar: If elected to lead Likud, I’ll seek to appoint Netanyahu president
Three days before primaries, PM’s challenger says he would like to see him continuing to contribute from his diplomatic skills to Israel’s benefit
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Likud supporters outside the Ashdod Likud branch during a primaries vote on February 5, 2019. (Flash90)
December 23, 2019, 10:26 pm
Reversing initial decision, Likud court calls off primaries for Knesset slate
Judges accept Netanyahu’s appeal to forgo vote on entire roster for March elections, block measure that would make it easier for members to cast ballot in leadership race Thursday
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on December 22, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
December 22, 2019, 5:56 pm
Netanyahu seeks to cancel Likud primaries for party slate
PM wants Likud’s internal court to reverse itself, after it struck down a move to forgo a vote on roster for coming elections
By ToI Staff
Then-Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar, speaking during a conference in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 5, 2019, 7:30 pm
Sa’ar slams Netanyahu’s ‘wild incitement’ against him ahead of vote on primary
Premier’s Likud rival steps up attacks, accuses other senior party lawmakers who have supported PM of being ‘spineless’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Gideon Sa'ar during a Likud party meeting at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on March 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 4, 2019, 8:35 pm
Likud begins planning leadership race as PM faces 1st real challenge in 14 years
Party’s Central Committee to vote against primaries for the full Knesset list; Netanyahu-Sa’ar vote likely set for December 22, if new elections are called
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Likud party rally in Tel Aviv, on November 17, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2019, 10:42 pm
Netanyahu agrees to hold Likud leadership primary in next six weeks
As MK Nir Barkat pledges loyalty to PM and feuds publicly with challenger Gideon Sa’ar, premier refuses to answer whether he will seek immunity from prosecution
By ToI Staff
Likud members Gideon Sa'ar (R), Gilad Erdan (2R), Miri Regev (2L) and Ofir Akunis (L) at a Likud party faction meeting in Jerusalem, following the election results, September 18, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 24, 2019, 10:10 am
Netanyahu challenger Sa’ar formally requests snap vote for Likud leader
MK says leadership race should be held in next 2 weeks ‘to prevent the state from lapsing into unnecessary elections’; Netanyahu said maneuvering to block challenge
By ToI Staff
File: Haim Katz speaks at the Knesset on March 5, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 20, 2019, 1:38 am
PM seeks to nix primaries if 3rd election held, in bid to avoid defections
Likud Central Committee chief Haim Katz agrees to push for decision to keep current Knesset roster, as coalition talks falter and new vote looks increasingly likely
By ToI Staff
A Likud party supporter holds a campaign poster featuring then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market on April 7, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 10, 2019, 10:11 pm
Netanyahu a no-show as small Likud gathering reaffirms him as unmatched leader
After shelving proposed leadership race, only a fraction of the Likud Central Committee attends vote declaring party will only sit in a government headed by the incumbent PM
By ToI Staff
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on January 19, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 5, 2019, 11:44 pm
Elections Committee clears Jewish Home MK’s run on Likud ticket
Committee members approve Eli Ben Dahan’s placement on Netanyahu’s roster as part of electoral deal between the two parties that brought in extremist party
By ToI Staff
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan speaks during a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting on January 19, 2017.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
February 21, 2019, 11:15 pm
Likud joins with defunct party to sidestep legal challenges to Jewish Home deal
Jewish Home MK Eli Ben Dahan, now technically a member of expired platform Achi, will temporarily run with Likud before rejoining his own party after elections
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a gathering of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in Jerusalem on February 18, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 21, 2019, 6:47 pm
PM’s plan to run Jewish Home candidate on Likud slate faces legal appeals
MK Eli Ben Dahan named as the cross-over political candidate; petitioners say running one party’s lawmaker on another party’s ticket is a form of election fraud
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces elections will be held in April, 2019, at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, December 24, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
January 16, 2019, 1:51 am
Victory for Netanyahu in Likud Central Committee vote ahead of elections
Panel adopts a series of resolutions proposed by PM and expels 14 members of the ‘New Likud’ faction, accused of being left-wing infiltrators
By Raoul Wootliff
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