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Ben Sales
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Ben Sales
One-hit wonders keep saving Netanyahu. This time, he might be played out
Ministers Gilad Erdan, left, and Moshe Kahlon, center, alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on May 20, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
A constellation of center-right parties could unite to bolster the prime minister, as their now-defunct predecessors have done. But even if they do, it may not be enough to get him a majority
Shalom Yerushalmi
Op-ed
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How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career
Shalom Yerushalmi
A ballot is cast at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset election, on March 2, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90/File)
September 6, 2026, 8:46 pm
Central Elections Committee allows parties to use real-time voting data on election day
In boon to Likud, committee decides party-appointed poll workers may share info with campaign on who has voted already, though they can’t share when, and must destroy data after election
By Jeremy Sharon
Activist Yolanda Yavor is seen during a September 2025 court appearance (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 6, 2026, 3:03 am
Anti-government activist expected to be charged with incitement to terror — report
TAU lecturer Yolanda Yavor was arrested in November for posts calling to launch a ‘real rebellion’ against ‘traitor’ Netanyahu; lawyer claims indictment due to pressure from Likud
By ToI Staff
MK Tally Gotliv (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attend a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on petitions challenging laws against UNRWA, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 1:31 am
Likud arranges to have firebrand MK Tally Gotliv run with Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit
Gotliv placed disappointing 12th in primary and 20th on Likud slate after Netanyahu reportedly sought to purge electoral liabilities; ToI poll shows Smotrich fending off Winter chill after Feiglin merger
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen in the Knesset on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 28, 2026, 4:05 pm
Ben Gvir refuses Netanyahu’s demand to merge with Smotrich; Likud: He’s crowning Eisenkot
PM’s party accuses the Otzma Yehudit leader of ‘burning votes’ for sake of his ego after he turns down PM’s invite to so much as meet with Smotrich ‘to save the right-wing bloc’
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
The arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on August 20, 2026, during a shutdown. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 24, 2026, 6:17 am
Airport chaos shows Israel’s public sector collapsing under the weight of political cronyism
The bedlam at Ben Gurion was not a sudden failure, but the inevitable result of a system hollowed out by nepotism, sham tenders, and political loyalists. And the rot extends across public service
By Eran Hildesheim
Thousands of passengers wait at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv after a strike was announced, August 20, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 9:02 am
Ben Gurion Airport is most disrupted in the world, day after wildcat labor strike
Worker walk-out, prompted by manpower shortage, drives ongoing wave of cancellations and delays, some $10m damage; Likud official alleges plot to hurt PM politically
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ballots are counted at the Knesset in Jerusalem, a day after the general elections, March 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 11:22 am
Likud threatens legal action against initiative to bring Israelis abroad back to vote
Netanyahu’s party claims organization is operating illegally and in contradiction to party financing laws; AID Coalition responds that is non-partisan, not providing funding
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Likud MK Nir Barkat (foreground) at an event to present the Likud economic plan, in Tel Aviv on February 16, 2020. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 12, 2026, 12:53 am
Report: Barkat co-led Likud effort to oust and replace Netanyahu after Oct. 7
PM, who reportedly caught wind of the intraparty coup and quashed it, is said to view next week’s primary as opportunity to settle scores and weaken the tech millionaire
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
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
Left: Nissim Louk speaks to Channel 12 news, May 17, 2024. (Channel 12 screenshot) Right: Transportation Minister Miri Regev speaks at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 7, 2026, 10:50 am
‘You caused Oct 7’: Bereaved father rebukes Likud minister at Jerusalem campaign stop
Likud supporters call Nissim Louk, whose daughter Shani was murdered at the Nova festival, ‘trash,’ as he shouts at Miri Regev
By ToI Staff
MK Dan Illouz (L) stands with Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman after joining the party following his resignation from Likud, on August 5, 2026. (Yisrael Beytenu)
August 5, 2026, 11:46 pm
Rebel Likud MK Dan Illouz joins Yisrael Beytenu, touts its ‘national and liberal values’
Liberman welcomes ‘principled’ right-wing ideologue who resigned from ruling party last month over its push to grant draft exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men
By Sam Sokol
A man casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem, on November 1, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 1:17 am
Election committee bans polling station workers from telling parties who has voted
Likud and allies reportedly mulling court challenge against ruling, which says practice of tracking who needs prodding to cast ballot violates privacy protections, election secrecy
By Sam Sokol
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel speaks to the media as she announces her resignation as deputy foreign minister at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
‘Provocation’: Sa’ar clashes with fellow New Hope MK in probe of comptroller vote
Sharren Haskel tells police that party whip Michel Buskila demanded members film votes, show them to Netanyahu; foreign minister and New Hope leader denies it
By Noam Lehmann
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