Likud
a conservative political party in Israel, founded in 1973.
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On election night in 1999, after losing to Ehud Barak, Netanyahu congratulated the winner and called on his Likud supporters for calm and unity.
Netanyahu's Greatest Achievement Was Convincing Israel He Alone Transformed the State | Dahlia Scheindlin | June 8, 2021 | TimeEconomic liberalization began with Likud’s rise to power in 1977 and a decisive shift away from socialism, a process that continued apace under the Labor government of the early 1990s.
Netanyahu's Greatest Achievement Was Convincing Israel He Alone Transformed the State | Dahlia Scheindlin | June 8, 2021 | TimeRestoring the Peace Shouldn’t Mean a Return to the Way We Lived Annexation would become the next right-wing idea to move from the fringes to the party in power, Likud.
Even if the Ceasefire Holds, the Far-Right Will Dominate Israel's Future | Dahlia Scheindlin | May 21, 2021 | TimeMeanwhile, Likud, Netanyahu’s party, and other right-wing groups have blamed the violence on the political discussions led by Lapid.
Five members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party voted in favor of the bill, going against their colleagues.
But it certainly contributed, and purposely so, to the defeat of the tough Likud hardliner Yitzhak Shamir in 1992.
The Inside Story of U.S. Meddling in Israel’s Elections | Aaron David Miller | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf the twenty Likud members Bibi supposedly leads to some new coalition, he will bring two.
Iran and the Division Between Olmert and Netanyahu | Bernard Avishai | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHollande certainly will get a warmer reception by the Likud and its allies as a result.
Why France Is to Blame for Blocking the Iran Nuclear Agreement | Christopher Dickey | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Likud's hilltop youth, headed by (MK) Yariv Levin, are leading Israel into the murky waters of a totalitarian state.
Egyptian Physician's Family Rejects Yad Vashem Honor | Orly Halpern | October 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEven Tzahbi Hanegbi, a former Likud politician who is close to PM Netanyahu, has called for a two-state solution.
If You Want To Be Politically Irrelevant, Support BDS | John L. Rosove | October 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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