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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
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
Left to right: Former minister Gilad Erdan and MK Yuli Edelstein in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Yoaz Hendel and Chili Tropper in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 11, 2026, 9:33 pm
Meet the ‘Third Bloc’ of right-wing parties pushing for a ‘Zionist unity government’
Leaders of new crop of center-right factions believe they can replace the Haredim as kingmakers and broker peace between the competing blocs; the polls, for now, say otherwise
By Sam Sokol
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)
August 10, 2026, 11:57 pm
Netanyahu reserves Likud spot for candidate who recently called Trump a ‘morally corrupt piece of shit’
Oren Dobronsky, who slammed US president over Iran MOU, attempts damage control, calling him Israel’s ‘greatest friend’ in White House; PM’s party to seat its first-ever Haredi MK
By Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
UTJ lawmaker Moshe Gafni, left, speaks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on December 31, 2024. (Knesset Spokesperson)
August 10, 2026, 6:52 am
Fresh election poll shows both blocs shy of majority; new parties fall short
Drama within pro- and anti-Netanyahu camps: Haredi leader claims he might not support PM, drawing scoff from Bennett; Yesh Atid MK leaves Knesset, but will he join Ra’am?
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein and former minister Gilad Erdan hold a press conference in Tel Aviv to announce the establishment of a new right-wing party, August 6, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 6, 2026, 9:45 pm
Erdan and Edelstein unveil still-unnamed party: ‘Likud no longer represents its voters’
Longtime Likud lawmakers vow to legislate universal enlistment, promise to join only a broad government, but don’t rule out sitting in a coalition with Netanyahu
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
MK Yuli Edelstein (left) speaks during a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on January 13, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90); former Likud MK Gilad Erdan takes part in a ceremony for a bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 5, 2026, 10:50 pm
Ex-Likud ministers Erdan, Edelstein to launch new right-wing party on Thursday
As-yet unnamed party will push for ultra-Orthodox conscription; is the latest to attempt to offer a right-wing alternative to Netanyahu’s ruling Likud
By Sam Sokol
Left: Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); right: Former Likud MK Gilad Erdan takes part in a ceremony for a bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 30, 2026, 10:51 pm
Rumored ‘Likud B’ party led by Erdan and Edelstein picks up 5 seats in new ToI poll
Potential alliance of Likud defectors would blow new Gantz-Simhi and Hendel-Tropper outfits out of the water, but fail to resolve electoral deadlock, Zman Yisrael survey shows
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting alongside Likud MK Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 5:14 pm
Joining legion of Likud castoffs, Edelstein may not yet be clear of Netanyahu’s pull
Splitting from the party that already quit him, the former Knesset speaker becomes the latest senior Likud politician to strike out on his own, though breaking free may not be so simple
By Tal Schneider
MK Yuli Edelstein attends a House Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 4, 2026, 10:50 pm
Edelstein: I left Likud because I couldn’t defend its agenda; seeks ‘broad’ coalition
Senior lawmaker tells Channel 12 ‘We need to make a change in this country,’ can’t ‘continue to allow freeloading’; Lapid: Bennett better suited to be PM than me at present
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
MK Yuli Edelstein delivers a statement at the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2026, 9:37 pm
Senior Likud renegade Yuli Edelstein leaving party to forge a ‘new political path’
Ex-refusenik, who broke with government over its efforts to exempt Haredim from IDF service, said to be in talks to join possible ‘statesmanlike’ alternative to Netanyahu’s party
By ToI Staff
Left: Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); right: Former Likud MK Gilad Erdan takes part in a ceremony for a bulletproof ambulance donated by the Harvest Christian Fellowship to Magen David Adom, at the Tower of David, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 11:20 pm
Veteran Likud members Erdan, Edelstein said to make progress toward forming new party
Initial understandings reportedly reached in talks for alternative right-wing party to challenge Netanyahu is upcoming election; decisions said expected in next 2 weeks
By Ariela Karmel and Sam Sokol
Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate’s Planning and Personnel Management Division, at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 12:03 am
Army complains of manpower shortage as Knesset restarts work on draft exemption bill
‘We will very soon reach the region of ​​80,000-90,000 draft dodgers,’ IDF official tells MKs, as PM launches last-ditch campaign to pass law sparing Haredim from conscription
By Sam Sokol
An inauguration ceremony for the repopulated West Bank settlement of Homesh, more than 20 years after it was evacuated in the 2005 disengagement, March 12, 2026, in a photo distributed by the Samaria Regional Council. (Roy Hadi)
March 12, 2026, 6:45 pm
Government officials mark repopulation of Homesh settlement in West Bank
More than 20 years after disengagement, Settlements Minister Orit Strock calls return of residents atonement for ‘sins’ of 2005, as Likud MK Yuli Edelstein vows ‘Homesh will be just the beginning’
By Jeremy Sharon
MK Yuli Edelstein attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 17, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 28, 2025, 2:43 pm
Ousted chair of Knesset defense panel: Government pushing ‘exact opposite’ of a conscription law
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, who backed stricter measure, says critics inside coalition of bill exempting yeshiva students from IDF service will face ‘threats’ ahead of vote on legislation
By Sam Sokol
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