(September 10, 2026)
The Tuesday trifecta â sanctions, weird party slate and the Haaretz Oct. 7 bombshell â could have more impact later.
Archiv: Likud
Coalition strengthens as People of Israel crosses threshold, despite Likud dropping one seat – poll
After the submission of party lists ahead of the Knesset elections, the coalition bloc has strengthened by three seats to 50, following People of Israelâs crossing of the electoral threshold. This is according to a Maariv poll conducted by Lazar Research, headed by Dr. Menachem Lazar, in cooperation with Panel4ALL.
However, Likud has lost one seat, falling to just 19, its lowest figure since May 29, 2025.
Netanyahu to run for re-election, his party says, after Trump raises doubts
Netanyahu has faced a tumultuous term since returning to power in December 2022 at the helm of âthe most right-wing coalition in Israeli history. He faced mass anti-government protests before âthe wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
Polls have repeatedly indicated that his coalition would fail to âwin â a majority at the next election. A poll published by the Jerusalem-based Israel Democracy Institute think tank on June 9 said that 61% of the Israeli public believe he should not run.
News 13 Poll: The Joint List Will Become the Third-Largest Faction with 16 MKs
The Joint List would become the third largest faction in the Knesset if elections were held today, according to the results of a poll broadcast last night (Monday, May 25) on Channel 13 News. According to the poll, the Joint List would win 16 seats, while Likud drops to 23 seats and âBeyachadâ falls to 21 seats. In this scenario, Netanyahuâs extremist right-wing bloc drops to 53 seats, while the Zionist opposition bloc falls to 51 seats. To form an alternative government, the opposition parties would need the Joint List to secure a majority of 67 Knesset members.
âIt is doableâ: 10 Likud MKs to attend conference calling for âresettling Gazaâ
(October 16, 2024)
âA year after the pogroms (of October 7), we will stand together â Likud members, regional [Likud] branch chairs, MKs and ministers â to jointly declare that âGaza is ours. Forever,‘â a poster advertising the October 21 event read.
âVictory is settlement. It is doableâ added a message on a Gaza settlement WhatsApp channel where it announced the participation of nearly one-third of the Likud faction Knesset members
Deranged Member of Knesset and guardian angel of rapists Tally Gotliv, of the Likud, calls for the execution or life imprisonment of Yuli Novak from @btselem , following Novak‘s speech at the UNSC.
âAssistance to Enemy in Warâ â Israeli MK Requests Death Penalty for BâTselemâs Director
The Israeli Likud Party Knesset Member Revital Gotliv requested the death sentence or life imprisonment for Yuli Novak, the executive director of the Israeli rights group BâTselem, for what she labeled as âthe suspected serious crime of assistance to the enemy in war,â the Anadolu news agency reported.
Gotliv reportedly made her request in a letter addressed to the Israeli Chief Police Commissioner Daniel Levy, in which she demanded the detention and interrogation of Novak.
The move followed a speech delivered by Novak on September 4 at the United Nations Security Council.
Of course Netanyahu should go â in an orderly process that gives our enemies cause for fear
(today)
And therefore, as was the case when he insisted on continuing to run the country while in the midst of a corruption trial, and as was the case when he pressed on with his assault on Israeli democracy and briefly fired that defense minister, so too, now, it falls to a potential few good men and women within his own coalition base to tell him that his presence is harming Israel, that his policies empowered and emboldened Hamas, and that far from being uniquely capable of ensuring Israel has the practical and diplomatic room to destroy Hamas, he is almost uniquely incapable of doing so.
Netanyahu Must Go
(09.04.2024)
Israel must destroy Hamas as a military and political force in the territory while minimizing harm to civilians. It must do what it can to rescue its hostages without jeopardizing the overriding goal of destroying Hamas. It must, by diplomacy or force, push Hezbollah back from Lebanonâs southern border, so that 60,000 Israelis can return safely to their homes in the north. It must take the battle directly, as it did last week in Damascus, to Hamasâs and Hezbollahâs patrons, whether in Syria, Qatar or Iran.
And for all of that to happen effectively, Benjamin Netanyahu must go.
Likud ministers promote conference on reestablishing Israeli settlements in Gaza
(23.01.2024)
The conference, under the heading âOnly settlement will bring security,â is organized by a group of movements that want to resettle Gaza, led by Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and the Nachala Settlement Movement. It is scheduled for Sunday at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.
So far, Zohar and Katz, and Likud MKs Hanoch Milwidsky, Nissim Vaturi, Amit Halevi, Tally Gotliv, Etty Hava Atia, Moshe Passal and Ariel Kallner have all said they will attend, according to the report.
Likud MP joins group planning to create Israeli settlements in northern Gaza
Nissim Vaturi, an Israeli lawmaker belonging to the ruling Likud party, has announced he is joining an Israeli group that is planning to create illegal settlements in northern Gaza.
He made the announced on X on Tuesday, accompanied by a picture of a poster which states „only settlement will bring security„.
No-confidence motion against Netanyahu fails in Knesset, with only 18 votes in favor
With the governmentâs popularity plummeting, a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nevertheless garnered only 18 votes in the Knesset on Monday evening, falling far short of the necessary majority to pass in the 120-strong Knesset plenum.
The vote was boycotted by the coalition, whose heads stated earlier in the day that they would ânot take part in political theater during wartime.â
Cabinet approves deal for release of 50 hostages in exchange for multi-day ceasefire
In exchange, Israel has agreed to a ceasefire for at least four days for the first time since the outbreak of the war.
Israeli police released Frey by his car and allowed the lynch mob to chase him down at high speed. He drove to a hospital mistakenly believing heâd be protected there. Fascists shut down the hospital entrance for hours searching for him. Heâs now in hiding
Israeli police finally made an arrest â of @freyisrael1 the Jew who read the mournersâ prayer for everyone who has died â while his attackers yell at him âNaziâ.
He is the only ultra-Orthodox journalist in the country who considers non-Jews to be human, hence he must be silenced
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When a mob of dozens organized by an activist from @Netanyahu‘s ruling @Likud_Party attacked left-wing ultra-Orthodox journalist @freyisrael1 at his flat with his young children, @israelpolice spat at Frey, who then spent all night fleeing the lynch mob
Obviously we wonât know until more details come out but since the unity government is with Benny Gantz and not Yair Lapid that means that Ben Gvir and Smotrich will remain in government. Thatâs horrible for a host of reasons
It‘s not clear to me who is and isn‘t in it. Not Lapid (yet), Liberman, nor Michaeli, but Ben Gvir and Smuthrich? What kind of ‚unity‘ is that? We are used to Gantz immediately taking action. As soon as he can move up a step, he forgets principles and agreements.
Gallant and two other ministers say government must respect High Court rulings
That sentiment was echoed by Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel, also of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs Likud party: âOf course.â
Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party took a similar tone. âYes, unequivocally,â he responded when asked if High Court rulings need to be followed.
„Know the Limits of Your Power“: Knesset Speaker Threatens Israel‘s High Court Ahead of Dramatic Judicial Coup Hearing
Israel‘s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana warned Supreme Court justices on Wednesday that the parliament „will not acquiesce to its trampling,“ less than a week before the court is set to hear petitions against a key law in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s judicial coup.
Knesset speaker warns High Court voiding of Basic Laws may âplunge us into the abyssâ
âIsrael is democratic, and in a democracy, the sovereign is the people. In a democratic state, the justice system respects the sovereign, the people and its elected officials, and this respect is mutual. There is no debate, and there cannot be one, over the question of whether the Knesset has authorized the court to nullify Basic Laws,â he says, arguing that the court possesses no such power.
IDF, Shin Bet work for Palestinian terrorists, MK from Netanyahu‘s Likud says
Gotliv, speaking about a dispute between the Prime Ministerâs Office and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir regarding visits allowed for Palestinian security prisoners, wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, that âitâs good to know the IDF and Shin Bet work for terrorists and security prisoners.
âThe entire deep state is against Ben-Gvir,â she alleged. âBravo, Ben-Gvir, on displaying right-wing authority,â the MK wrote after it was reported by media that Ben-Gvir had blocked visits for prisoners, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu releasing a statement denying that was so.
Netanyahu‘s Mafioso Ministers Gave Israelis a Foretaste of Tyranny
When cabinet ministers, under the leadership and guidance of the prime minister and justice minister, two human demons who have taken over the state, insult and denounce the High Court of Justice merely for hearing petitions (which it could end up rejecting), Israel can no longer be seen as a democratic, liberal state. Nor is it Jewish, because what Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir and Eliyahu and Strock represent is not Judaism. It is messianism, racism and degradation.
Likud denies any ârebellionâ in its ranks over judicial overhaul
Netanyahu has since said he will seek to build consensus before approving further changes to the judicial system, but also pledged the coalition will move forward alone if no deal is reached.
âThere is no rebellion in Likud. We all want to reach agreements and need to make the maximum effort to do so, but we will not give the other side a veto,â the ruling party said in a statement.
Israel‘s DM Gallant wants unity government without far-right parties – report
According to the report by Ynet, Gallant intends to work toward such a coalition with the National Unity party headed by Gantz, and Yesh Atid headed by Lapid, even if it meant that he would have to resign from his ministerial post.
This potential switch would primarily be made to replace the far-right Religious Zionism headed by Bezalel Smotrich and Jewish Power headed by Itamar Ben-Gvir, in order to halt movements toward extremism, and return to a national conesus.
Likud, protest leaders reject labor unionâs compromise overhaul bill
Likud minister David Amsalem launched a public attack on Bar-David, anticipating that the latter could end up launching a nationwide strike.
âI remind you that you represent workers who are mostly Likud people who are struggling to make a living,â Amsalem tweeted. âThe issue of the judicial reform should be decided in the Knesset, not in the corridors of the Mapai-like Histadrut,â he argued, citing the workersâ party that was a precursor to left-wing Labor and was the ruling party for Israelâs first three decades.
Likud minister calls attorney general âthe most dangerous personâ in Israel
(today)
The minister pointed to widespread âchaosâ the day before, when anti-overhaul protesters blocked roads and disrupted train services while, he said, the attorney general âdoesnât see anything.â
âIn my opinion, she is the most dangerous person in the country today,â Amsalem said. âIn practice, there is a revolt going on in the IDF, and the attorney general doesnât see, doesnât hear.â
„There‘s anarchy here,“ Amsalem says: Amsalem calls to arrest anti-overhaul protest leaders, oust AG and probe ex-PM Barak
(9 July 2023)
âThereâs no intelligence, no arrest on the nights [of the protests], no investigations of [former Supreme Court chief justice] Aharon Barak or Ehud Barak. Youâre hurting? Protest â just like people have since the establishment of the state. But why riot? Itâs lawlessness,â he said, adding: âEhud Barak, in my opinion, should have been in the interrogation room some time ago.
They Incited Rabin‘s Murder. Now They‘re Murdering Israel‘s Democracy
Following Rabinâs murder, the public turned against Netanyahu. Many believed his political career was over. But he was soon brought to power amid a wave of terror by Hamas and a slick campaign capitalizing on the public‘s fears.
And that original assault against democracy, secular law and territorial compromise that launched both Netanyahuâs career and the ascent of the religious right, is today continuing its illiberal advance via a legal hijacking.
Protest at the Knesset as Netanyahu government passes a budget granting exorbitant allocations to West Bank settlements and to the ultra-Orthodox communities
Thousands of Israelis Protesting Outside Knesset Ahead of Crucial State Budget Vote
The demonstrators are protesting the governmentâs proposed state budget that is slated to send billions of shekels to the ultra-Orthodox communities. Protest organizers said in a statement that this âisnât a state budget [thatâs being put up for a vote], but rather raiding the public coffers that will destroy Israelâs economy for generations to come.â
20th Week of Protests – ‚Robbing Our Children of Their Futures, With Our Money‘: Israelis Protest Controversial Budget, Judicial Overhaul
he Knesset is slated to devote several days next week to debating and passing the budget.
Despite the tension, leaders of all the coalition parties expect the budget to pass next week and say the government is at no real risk of falling. âIn the long run, things canât work this way, but at least for now, the budget will pass,â one minister said. âThereâs no immediate threat to the government.â