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Likud (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד, romanized: HaLikud, lit. ' The Consolidation '), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית, romanized: HaLikud – Tnu'ah Leumit Liberalit), is a major right-wing political party in Israel.
Party First Knesset Last Knesset Notes Ideology Agriculture and Development: 2nd: 4th: Arab satellite list: Israeli Arab interest : Ahi: 16th: 17th: Breakaway from the National Religious Party, joined the National Union alliance (2006–2008), merged into Likud
The thirty-seventh government of Israel is the current cabinet of Israel, formed on 29 December 2022, following the Knesset election on 1 November 2022. [5] [6] The coalition government consists of seven parties — Likud, United Torah Judaism, Shas, Otzma Yehudit, Religious Zionist Party, New Hope and Noam — and is led by Benjamin Netanyahu, who has taken office as the Prime Minister of ...
The 2022 Israeli legislative election was held using closed list proportional representation. Each party presented a list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee prior to the election. [ 1 ]
Likud is one of several Israeli parties that allows its membership to determine a portion of the party's electoral list. [32] The Likud's electoral list is composed of candidates selected by four methods: national primary elections, regional representatives (chosen from 10 regions), slots set aside for minorities, and slots filled by the party ...
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- On March 23, 2021, Israel will hold a national election. It will be the fourth in two years and, like the others, it will be a referendum on a single question: Is Prime ...
The party is headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. [3] A Likud committee confirmed on 30 December 2020 that no primaries will be held, and the list submitted on behalf of the party will be the same as the list submitted in the previous elections, except for six candidates chosen by Netanyahu who will be elected in the fifth, 26th, 28th, 36th, 39th, and ...
One Druze lawmaker, 29 women, 23 new MKs and three openly gay MKs were elected to the 25th Knesset. [3] The number of Arab MKs was the lowest in two decades with 10 MKs. [4]On 30 June 2024, the Israeli Labor Party announced plans to merge with Meretz to become The Democrats, [5] with Labor MKs expected to become MKs for the new party; the merger was approved on 12 July. [6]