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Likud primaries

Likud MK Tally Gotliv speaks to the media outside the Jerusalem District Court, August 6, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 31, 2026, 11:19 pm
Strident Likud MK says she is open to ‘serious offer’ to join another party
After primary places her in 20th spot on slate, Tally Gotliv says she refuses to be ‘treated as a doormat’ by Netanyahu, but admits she has yet to receive a firm offer
By ToI Staff
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel attends a Science and Technology Committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 26, 2026, 6:40 pm
Likud recount could push veteran minister out of Knesset as fraud claims roil party
Etty Atia, backbencher and ally of Likud bigwig Haim Katz, overtakes Gila Gamliel in fresh tally of primary vote; Gamliel says Katz trying to ‘steal’ vote, files police complaint
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem during the Likud party primary on August 17, 2026. (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
Ultra-Orthodox voters arrive at a polling station in Beit Shemesh to take part in the Likud party primary, August 17, 2026. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
August 18, 2026, 10:05 am
Haredi turnout high in Likud primary, amid fears they won’t vote for party in general election
Some Likud activists decry ‘foreign body’ influencing Netanyahu’s slate, but many candidates are glad to get votes wherever they can
By Sam Sokol
The near-final Likud slate for the 2026 election, with silhouettes showing slots reserved for Benjamin Netanyahu's yet-to-be-named personal choices. Top left to bottom right: 1. Benjamin Netanyahu 2. Eli Cohen 3. Reserved 4. Israel Katz 5. Gideon Sa'ar 6. Amir Ohana 7. Yariv Levin 8. Miri Regev 9. Reserved 10. Ofir Katz 11. Oren Dobronsky 12. Yoav Kisch 13. Miki Zohar 14. Almog Cohen 15. Reserved 16. Amichai Chikli 17. David Amsalem 18. Haim Katz 19. Moshe Saada 20. Tally Gotliv 21. Shlomo Karhi 22. David Bitan 23. Boaz Bismuth 24. Nir Barkat 25. Gila Gamliel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Yonatan Sindel/Flash90, Ivan Burchak/iStock by Getty Images, Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90, Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90, Courtesy Likud party, Miriam Alster/Flash90, Yossi Aloni/FLASH90, Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 18, 2026, 5:52 am
Cohen, Ohana, Levin and Regev top Likud party primary; Netanyahu ‘very satisfied’ with results
Energy minister will get No. 2 slot on party’s Knesset slate behind Netanyahu; ministers Elkin, Golan, Silman and Dichter will likely be out of jobs come October; Eisenkot denounces ‘the October 7 list’ of those who ‘blindly led Israel to its worst disaster’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Likud members vote in the party's primary in Jerusalem, August 17, 2026. (Sam Sokol/The Times of Israel)
August 17, 2026, 5:51 pm
Likud touts ‘celebration of democracy’ despite party members’ reduced say on slate
Candidates play down concerns over Netanyahu’s increasing control over Knesset list, in a primary vote that is less significant and more hotly contested than in the past
By Sam Sokol
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
Political correspondent Tal Schneider appears on the Daily Briefing with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
August 16, 2026, 1:54 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 16: Who gets in? Likud candidates face a high-stakes primary
Political correspondent Tal Schneider previews Monday’s vote on the makeup of (part of) Likud’s Knesset slate, and covers the latest election polls and ceasefire violations in Lebanon and Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg and Tal Schneider
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK Nir Barkat present the Likud economic plan, during a Likud party event in Tel Aviv on February 16, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2026, 8:51 am
Netanyahu’s takedown of Barkat: Chronicle of a political elimination foretold
The economy minister plotted to oust Netanyahu after October 7. Now he’s facing the wrath of a prime minister who neither forgets nor forgives
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Hezbollah leader Naem Qassem (left) and Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei as seen in an AI-generated video issued by Defense Minister Israel Katz on August 10, 2026. (X screenshot)
August 12, 2026, 4:48 pm
Our AI-generated defense minister emblemizes an Israeli leadership that refuses to face reality
Whatever Israel Katz may want to believe, Iran’s leaders are not cowering, and Israel will not defeat its enemies by endlessly blowing things up; Netanyahu should know better, but he’s in full-blown denial mode
By David Horovitz
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
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, 5:32 am
Sa’ar, Katz to get newly added reserved slots on Likud list, expanding PM’s control
Central Committee chair Haim Katz will also receive guaranteed spot, party says in late-night announcement; Netanyahu already controls 8 slots on Likud slate, meaning he chooses 11 of top 29
By Shira Silkoff
Defense Minister Israel Katz attends the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 5:41 pm
Reports: With primary near, Katz ditches security cabinet meeting early for Likud wedding
Netanyahu, reportedly surprised by departure, asks ‘Where is the defense minister?’; Katz says he held 10 hours of security deliberations on Thursday
By ToI Staff
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