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Likud primaries

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara cast their vote during the elections for the Likud Central Committee, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 2, 2026, 9:40 pm
Likud to hold primaries for its electoral slate by July 28; Netanyahu guaranteed top spot
Internal polls have reportedly raised concerns that primaries could elevate candidates popular with the base but less appealing to moderate right-wing voters
By Ariela Karmel
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends an event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 1:56 pm
Report: Katz hired unqualified political allies as consultants at Defense Ministry
Channel 12 investigation says minister gave role to Likud operator Yair Shalom, despite the latter reportedly being suspected of credit card fraud, as party looks toward primaries
By ToI Staff
MK Tally Gotliv reacts during a Knesset conference on June 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
January 6, 2026, 7:00 pm
Poll: Likud members would put firebrand Gotliv in top primary spot, second only to PM
Populist MK ‘grateful for the great trust’; however, Netanyahu reportedly sees her as an electoral liability, and experts expect voting-day deals to yield very different results
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 16, 2025. (Screenshot/GPO)
November 16, 2025, 4:03 pm
Netanyahu accuses ministers of electioneering; briefly bars 4 tardy ministers from meeting
In apparent swipe at Defense Minister Katz, PM blasts ‘barrage’ of campaigning ahead of elections, set to be held by no later than October 2026
By Lazar Berman
Former Likud MK Yoav Gallant in the Knesset, December 23, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 6, 2025, 5:02 pm
Likud legal adviser calls for expelling Gallant, barring him from party primaries
‘We wish Gallant success in the left-wing bloc,’ Likud says after former defense minister criticizes the government in his first interview since resigning from the Knesset
By Sam Sokol
Likud MKs Dudi Amsalem (left), David Bitan (standing center) and Danny Danon (right) seen during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2023, 1:37 pm
As Netanyahu’s popularity wanes, Likud MK Danny Danon prepares to mount challenge
Some party members said to be working toward vote of no confidence against PM; while several seem interested in replacing him as Likud leader, ex-UN envoy is seen as top contender
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu poses with candidates he added to the Likud Knesset slate: (from left) Yossi Fuchs, Tsega Melaku, Idit Silman, Moshe Saada, and Amichai Chikli, September 14, 2022. (Courtesy)
September 14, 2022, 10:57 pm
Netanyahu adds former rebel MKs who downed Bennett government to his Likud slate
Ex-justice official who attacked prosecutors over Netanyahu charges is also given spot; new faces have not stymied criticism over lack of female representation in Likud’s list
By Ash Obel and Carrie Keller-Lynn
MK Idit Silman chairs a Knesset Health Committee on May 10, 2022. (Flash90)
August 12, 2022, 10:29 am
Former Yamina MKs Silman and Chikli seen as likely appointments to Likud’s slate
Rebels who helped bring down Bennett government are favorites for reserved spots on party slate; Gal Hirsch, former senior IDF officer under indictment, also reportedly considered
By Sara Serfaty
A worker cleans fliers off the ground outside a Likud primary voting station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022. (Flash90)
August 12, 2022, 3:08 am
Rivals blast Likud as misogynist ‘Bibistan’ after primary rewards male loyalists
As erstwhile partners Sa’ar and Liberman take aim at slate for cult of personality around Netanyahu, nationalists Shaked and Ben Gvir predict future alliance with faction
By Ash Obel
Likud party leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after voting next to his wife Sara in a primary to fill out the party's Knesset slate, in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
August 11, 2022, 8:37 pm
Likud voters just handed Netanyahu a mandate to remake the judicial system
MKs Yariv Levin, Amir Ohana and David Amsalem – long heavily critical of the Supreme Court’s power – placed in the top five in the party’s primary
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Likud party head Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and faction chair Yariv Levin (R) lead their party's faction meeting at the Knesset, May 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2022, 2:05 pm
Netanyahu loyalists rewarded by Likud primary voters, led by top ally Levin
6 MKs closely tied to veteran party leader place in top 10; Yuli Edelstein makes list despite exit poll prediction, but Tzachi Hanegbi is out; only 2 women in top 20
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Likud party members arrive to cast their votes in the party primaries at a polling station in Ashdod on August 10, 2022. (Flash90)
August 11, 2022, 2:14 am
Netanyahu challenger Edelstein punished by Likud primary voters, exit polls show
Former party No. 2 predicted to crash out of Knesset after making run at leadership last year, while loyalists Ohana, Levin take top spots; final results expected on Thursday
By ToI Staff
Performers on stilts welcome Likud primary voters in Rishon Lezion, August 10, 2022 (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
August 10, 2022, 7:58 pm
With snacks and selfies, Likud marks lively primaries in ‘democratic celebration’
For activists choosing candidates in Israel’s largest party, going to the polls is also an opportunity to enjoy a day out with like-minded people
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Likud party leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures after voting next to his wife Sara in a primary to fill out the party's Knesset slate, in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2022. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
August 10, 2022, 6:29 am
Likud, projected to be November’s largest party, votes on slate in Wednesday primary
Most MKs expected to stay in spots likely to land them back in Knesset, but some shuffling under Netanyahu expected as party gets its candidates in a row
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
David Laniado, candidate in the Likud primary elections, arrives for a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court, on August 9, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 10, 2022, 1:16 am
Accepting Netanyahu-backed appeal, court bars ex-con from running in Likud primaries
Tel Aviv court says earlier decision by internal Likud body to overturn central committee’s disqualification of David Laniado was incoherent, lacked justification
By ToI Staff
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