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Likud – National Liberal Movement
הליכוד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית‎
ChairpersonBenjamin Netanyahu
FounderMenachem Begin
Founded1973 (alliance)
1988 (unified party)
Merger ofGahal(HerutandLiberal Party),Free Centre,National ListandMovement for Greater Israel
HeadquartersMetzudat Ze'ev
38King George Street
Tel Aviv,Israel
Youth wingLikud Youth
Membership(2012)125,000
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing[22]
European affiliationEuropean Conservatives and Reformists Party(global partner)[23]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[24]
ColoursBlue
Knesset
32 / 120
Most MKs48 (1981)
Election symbol
מחל‎
محل‎
[25]
Party flag
Website
www.likud.org.il/en/Edit this at Wikidata

Likud(Hebrew:הַלִּיכּוּד,romanized:HaLikud,lit. 'The Consolidation'), officially known asLikud – National Liberal Movement(Hebrew:הַלִּיכּוּד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית,romanized:HaLikud – Tnu'ah Leumit Liberalit), is a majorright-wingpolitical party inIsrael.[26][27][28]It was founded in 1973 byMenachem BeginandAriel Sharonin an alliance with several right-wing parties. Likud's landslide victory in the1977 electionswas a major turning point in the country's political history, marking the first time the left had lost power. In addition, it was the first time in Israel that a right-wing party won the plurality of the votes.[29]After ruling the country for most of the 1980s, the party lost theKnesset election in 1992.Likud's candidateBenjamin Netanyahuwon the vote forPrime Ministerin1996and was given the task of forming a government after the1996 elections.Netanyahu's government fell apart after a vote of no confidence, which led to elections being called in1999and Likud losing power to theOne Israelcoalition led byEhud Barak.

In 2001 Likud'sAriel Sharon,who replaced Netanyahu following the 1999 election, defeated Barak in anelectioncalled by the Prime Minister following his resignation. After the party recorded a convincing win in the2003 elections,Likud saw a major split in 2005 when Sharon left to form theKadimaparty. This resulted in Likud slumping to fourth place in the2006 electionsand losing 28 seats in the Knesset. Following the2009 elections,Likud was able to gain 15 seats, and, with Netanyahu back in control of the party, formed a coalition with fellow right-wing partiesYisrael BeiteinuandShasto take control of the government from Kadima, which earned a plurality, but not a majority. Netanyahu served as prime minister from then until 2021. Likud had been the leading vote-getter in each subsequent election untilApril 2019,when Likud tied withBlue and White[30]andSeptember 2019,when Blue and White won one more seat than the Likud.[31]Likud won the most seats at the2020[32]and2021elections, but Netanyahu was removed from power in June 2021 by an unprecedented coalition led byYair LapidandNaftali Bennett.[33][34]He subsequently returned to the office of Prime Minister after winning the2022 election.[35]

A member of the party is called aLikudnik(Hebrew:לִכּוּדְנִיק)[36]and the party's election symbol isמחל(Arabic:محل), reflecting the party's origins as anelectoral listof several pre-existing parties, including those who used the symbolsמ,חandל.[37]

History

Formation and leadership of Begin

The Likud was formed on 13 September 1973 as asecularparty[38][39]by an alliance of several right-wing parties prior to that year'slegislative election—Herut,theLiberal Party,theFree Centre,theNational List,and theMovement for Greater Israel.Herut had been the nation's largest right-wing party since growing out of theIrgunin 1948. It had already been in coalition with the Liberals since 1965 asGahal,with Herut as the senior partner. Herut remained the senior partner in the new grouping, which was given the name Likud, meaning "Consolidation", as it represented the consolidation of the Israeli right.[40]It worked as a coalition under Herut's leadership until 1988, when the member parties merged into a single party under the Likud name.[41]From its establishment in 1973, Likud enjoyed great support from blue-collarSephardim.[42]

In its first election Likud won 39 seats, reducing the Alignment's lead to 12.[43]The party went on to win the1977 electionwith 43 seats, finishing 11 seats ahead of the Alignment.Menachem Beginformeda governmentwith the support of the religious parties, consigning the left wing to opposition for the first time since independence.[44]A former leader of the hard-line paramilitaryIrgun,[45]Begin signed the 1978Camp David Accords[46]and the 1979Egypt–Israel peace treaty.[47]In the1981 election,the Likud won 48 seats, but formed anarrower governmentthan in 1977.[48]

Likud has long been a loose alliance between politicians committed to different and sometimes opposing policy preferences and ideologies.[49][50]The 1981 election highlighted divisions that existed between the populist wing of Likud, headed byDavid Levyof Herut, and the Liberal wing,[51]who represented a policy agenda of the secular bourgeoisie.[49]

Shamir and Netanyahu's first term

Likud founderMenachem Begin

On 28 August 1983 Begin announced his intention to resign asPrime Minister.[52]He was replaced byYitzhak Shamir,a former commander of theLehiunderground, who defeatedDeputy Prime MinisterDavid Levyin aleadership electionheld by Herut's central committee.[53][54]Shamir was seen as a hard-liner, who opposed the Camp David accords andIsrael's withdrawal from Southern Lebanon.[55]The party won 41 seats in the1984 election,less than the Alignment's 44. The Alignment was unable to form a government on its own, leading to the formation of arotation government,led jointly by the Alignment and Likud.Shimon Peresbecame the Prime Minister, with Shamir becoming theForeign Minister.[56]In October 1986, the two switched posts.[57]The Likud won the1988 election,defeating the Alignment by a one-seat Margin. The two parties formedanother government,in which Shamir served as Prime Minister without a rotation.[58]In 1990, Peres withdrew from the government and led a successfulvote of no confidenceagainst it,[59]in what became known asthe dirty trick.Shamir formeda new governmentwith right-wing parties, which served until the1992 election,in which the Likud was defeated byYitzhak Rabin'sLabor Party.[60]

Shamir stepped down as Likud leader after losing the election in March 1993.[61]To replace him, the party held itsfirst primary election,[62]in which formerUnited Nations AmbassadorBenjamin Netanyahu[63]defeatedDavid Levy,Benny BeginandMoshe Katsav,becoming theLeader of the Opposition.[64]In 1995, following theassassination of Yitzhak Rabin,Shimon Peres, his temporary successor, decided to call early elections in order to give the government a mandate to advance the peace process.[65]Theelectionwas held in May 1996, and included a direct vote for the Prime Minister in which Netanyahu narrowly defeated Peres, becoming the new Prime Minister.[66]

Logo of the Likud-Tzomet List from the1996 election

In 1998 Netanyahu agreed to cede territory in theWye River Memorandum,which led some Likud MKs, led byBenny Begin(Menachem Begin's son),Michael KleinerandDavid Re'em,to break away and form a new party, namedHerut – The National Movement.The new party was endorsed by Yitzhak Shamir, who expressed disappointment in Netanyahu's leadership.[67][68]Following the withdrawal of his remaining partners, Netanyahu's coalition collapsed in December 1998, resulting in the1999 election,[69]where Labor'sEhud Barakdefeated Netanyahu on a platform promoting the settlement of final status issues. Following his defeat, Netanyahu stepped down as leader of Likud.[70]That September, formerDefense MinisterAriel Sharonwon aleadership electionto replace Netanyahu, defeating Jerusalem MayorEhud Olmertand formerFinance MinisterMeir Sheetrit.[71][72]

Barak's government collapsed in December 2000,[73]several months after theCamp David Summitended without an agreement,[74]andearly elections for Prime Ministerwere called for February 2001, in which Sharon decisively defeated Barak.[75]In 2002, Netanyahu challenged Sharon in aleadership election,but was defeated.[76][unreliable source?]During Sharon's tenure, Likud faced an internal split due to Sharon's policy ofunilateral disengagementfrom Gaza and parts of the West Bank, which proved extremely divisive within the party.[77]

Sharon and Kadima split

Sharon'sDisengagement Planalienated him from some Likud supporters and fragmented the party.[78]He faced several serious challenges to his authority shortly before his departure. The first was in March 2005, when he and Netanyahu, then his finance minister, proposed a budget plan that met fierce opposition from the opposition and parties to the Likud's right. The plan passed the Knesset's finance committee by a one-vote margin,[79]before being approved by the Knesset by a wider margin later that month.[80]The second was in September 2005, when Sharon's critics in the Likud, led by Netanyahu, forced a vote in the Likud's central committee on a proposal for an early leadership election, which was defeated by 52% to 48%.[81]In November, Sharon's opponents within the Likud joined with the opposition to prevent the appointment of three of his associates to the Cabinet, successfully preventing the appointment of two.[82]

On 20 November 2005Laborannounced its withdrawal from Sharon's governing coalition following theelectionof the left-wingAmir Peretzas its leader.[83]On 21 November 2005, Sharon announced he would be leaving the Likud and forming a new centrist party,Kadima.[84][85]The new party included both Likud and Labor supporters of unilateral disengagement. Sharon also announced that anelectionwould take place in early 2006. Seven candidates had declared themselves as contenders to replace Sharon as leader: Netanyahu,[86]Uzi Landau,[87]Shaul Mofaz,[88]Yisrael Katz,[89]Silvan ShalomandMoshe Feiglin.[90]Landau and Mofaz later withdrew, the former in favour of Netanyahu[91]and the latter to join Kadima.[92]

Netanyahu's second term

Netanyahu went on to win aleadership electionto replace Sharon in December, obtaining 44.4% of the vote. Shalom came in a second with 33%, while far-right candidateMoshe Feiglinachieved 12.4% of the vote.[93][94]Due to Shalom's performance, Netanyahu guaranteed him the second place on the party's list of Knesset candidates.[95]Polls before the 2006 election showed a substantial reduction in the Likud's support, with Kadima achieving a dominant polling lead.[96]

A truck canvassing for Likud inJerusalemin advance of the2006 election

In January 2006 Sharon suffered a stroke that left him in a vegetative state, leading to his replacement as Kadima leader by Ehud Olmert,[97]who led Kadima to victory in the election, winning 29 seats. The Likud experienced a substantial loss in support, coming in fourth place and winning only 12, while other right-wing nationalist parties such asYisrael Beiteinu,which came within 116 votes of overtaking Likud, gained votes.[98][99]After the election, Netanyahu was re-elected Likud Leader in2007,defeating Feiglin and World Likud ChairmanDanny Danon.[100][101]

Following the opening of several criminal investigations against Olmert,[102]he resigned as Prime Minister on 21 September 2008 and retired from politics.[103]In theensuing snap election,held in 2009, Likud won 27 seats, the second-largest number of seats and one seat less than Kadima, now led byTzipi Livni.However, Likud's allies won enough seats to allow Netanyahu to form a government, which included Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu,Shas,United Torah Judaism,The Jewish Home,and Labor.[104][105]Labor left the coalition in 2011 after party leader Ehud Barak left to form his own party,Independence,that remained a member of Netanyahu's government.[106]The next year, Netanyahu wasre-electedas Likud leader, defeating Moshe Feiglin.[107]Kadima then joined the coalition in May 2012 before leaving in July.[108]Following Kadima's withdrawal from the government and amid disagreements related to the 2013 budget, the Knesset was dissolved in October 2012 and asnap electionwas called for January 2013.[109]

Partnership with Yisrael Beitenu and 2015 election

Several days after the election was called on 25 October 2012, Netanyahu and Yisrael Beitenu leaderAvigdor Liebermanannounced that their respective political parties would run together on a single ballot in the election under the nameLikud Yisrael Beiteinu.[110]The move led to speculation that Lieberman would eventually seek the leadership of Likud after he stated that he "wanted to become the Prime Minister".[111]Several days before the election, Lieberman said the parties would not merge, and that their direct partnership would end after the election.[112]The partnership ultimately lasted until July 2014, when it officially dissolved.[113]

In the 2013 elections the Likud–Yisrael Beiteinu alliance won 31 seats, 20 of which were Likud members.[114]The second largest party,Yair Lapid'sYesh Atid,won 19.[115]Netanyahu continued as prime minister after forming a coalition with Yesh Atid, the Jewish Home, andHatnuah.[116]The government collapsed in December 2014 due to disagreements over the budget and the proposedNation-state bill,[117][118]triggering asnap electionthe next year.[119]

Likud won the 2015 election, defeating theZionist Union,an alliance of Labor and Hatnuah, winning 30 seats to the Zionist Union's 24.[120]The party subsequently formed a government with United Torah Judaism, Shas,Kulanu,and the Jewish Home.[121]In May 2016, Yisrael Beitenu joined the government,[122]before leaving in December 2018, causing Netanyahu to call a snap election forApril 2019.[123]

2019–2022 elections

During the course of theApril 2019 Israeli legislative electioncampaign, Likud facilitated the formation of theUnion of Right-Wing Partiesbetween theJewish Home,TkumaandOtzma Yehuditby providing a slot on its own electoral list to Jewish Home candidateEli Ben-Dahan.[124]In the aftermath of the election,Kulanumerged into Likud.[125]

During theSeptember 2019 Israeli legislative electioncampaign, Likud agreed to a deal withZehut,whereby the latter party would drop out of the election and endorse Likud in exchange for a ministerial post for its leader,Moshe Feiglin,as well as policy concessions.[126]

Prior to the2020 Israeli legislative electionGideon Sa'arunsuccessfully challenged Netanyahu for the Likud leadership.[127]In December of that year, Sa'ar left Likud, along with four other Likud MKs, to formNew Hope.[128]

Prior to the2021 Israeli legislative election,Geshermerged into Likud, receiving a slot on its electoral list.[129]2021 marked the first time that Likud put a Muslim on its slate, choosing Muslim school principal Nail Zoabi for 39th on its slate.[130]

Likud also facilitated the formation of a joint list between theReligious Zionist Party,Otzma YehuditandNoamby providing the Religious Zionist Party a slot on the Likud list.[131]On 14 June, after the swearing-in of the 36th government,Ofir Soferwho held the slot, split from the Likud faction and returned to the Religious Zionist Party, decreasing the Likud faction by one to 29 seats in the Knesset.[132][133]

Likud won the most seats in the2022 Israeli legislative election.[134]

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Likud emphasizes national security policy based on a strong military force when threatened with continued enmity against Israel. It has shown reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors whom it believes continue to seek the destruction of the Jewish state, that based on theprinciple of the party founder Menachem Beginconcerning the preventive policy to any potential attacks on State of Israel. Its suspicion of neighboring Arab nations' intentions, however, has not prevented the party from reaching agreements with Israel's neighbors, such as the 1979 peace treaty with Egypt. Likud's willingness to enter mutually accepted agreements with neighboring countries over the years is related to the formation of other right-wing parties. Like other right-wing parties in Israel, Likud politicians have sometimes criticized particular Supreme Court decisions, but it remains committed to rule of law principles that it hopes to entrench in a written constitution.[27]

As of 2014,the party remains divided between moderates and hard-liners.[135]

Likud is considered to be the leading party in thenational campin Israeli politics.[136]

Territory

The original 1977 party platform stated that "between the Sea and the Jordanthere will only be Israeli sovereignty. "[137][138]

The 1999 Likud Party platform emphasized the right of settlement:

The Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza are the realization of Zionist values. Settlement of the land is a clear expression of the unassailable right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel and constitutes an important asset in the defense of the vital interests of the State of Israel. The Likud will continue to strengthen and develop these communities and will prevent their uprooting.[139]

Similarly, they claim theJordan Riveras the permanent eastern border to Israel and it also claims Jerusalem as belonging to Israel.

The 'Peace & Security' chapter of the 1999 Likud Party platform rejects a Palestinian state:

The Government of Israel flatly rejects the establishment of a Palestinian Arab state west of the Jordan river. The Palestinians can run their lives freely in the framework of self-rule, but not as an independent and sovereign state. Thus, for example, in matters of foreign affairs, security, immigration, and ecology, their activity shall be limited in accordance with imperatives of Israel's existence, security and national needs.[139]

With Likud back in power, starting in 2009,Israeli foreign policyis still under review. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, in his "National Security" platform, neither endorsed nor ruled out the idea of a Palestinian state.[140]According toTime,"Netanyahu has hinted that he does not oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, but aides say he must move cautiously because his religious-nationalist coalition partners refuse to give away land."[141]

On 14 June 2009, Netanyahu delivered a speech[142]at Bar-Ilan University (also known as "Bar-Ilan Speech" ), atBegin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies,that was broadcast live in Israel and across parts of theArab world,on the topic of theMiddle East peace process.He endorsed for the first time the creation of aPalestinian statealongside Israel, with several conditions.

However, on 16 March 2015, Netanyahu stated in the affirmative, that if he were elected, a Palestinian state would not be created.[143]Netanyahu argued, "anyone who goes to create today a Palestinian state and turns over land, is turning over land that will be used as a launching ground for attacks by Islamist extremists against the State of Israel."[143]Some take these statements to mean that Netanyahu and Likud oppose a Palestinian state. After having been criticised by U.S. White House Spokesperson Josh Earnest for the "divisive rhetoric" of his election campaign, on 19 March 2015, Netanyahu retreated to "I don't want a one-state solution. I want a peaceful, sustainable two-state solution. I have not changed my policy."[144]

The Likud Constitution[145]of May 2014 is more vague and ambiguous. Though it contains commitments to the strengthening of Jewish settlement in theWest Bank,it does not explicitly rule out the establishment of a Palestinian state.[citation needed]

Economy

The Likud party claims to support afree marketcapitalistandliberalagenda, though, in practice, it has mostly adoptedmixed economic policies.Under the guidance ofFinance ministerand current party leaderBenjamin Netanyahu,Likud pushed through legislation reducingvalue added tax(VAT), income and corporate taxes significantly, as well ascustoms duty.Likewise, it has institutedfree trade(especially with theEuropean Unionand theUnited States) and dismantled certainmonopolies(Bezeqand the seaports). Additionally, it hasprivatizednumerous government-owned companies (e.g.El AlandBank Leumi), and has moved to privatize land in Israel, which until now has been held symbolically by the state in the name of theJewishpeople. Netanyahu was the most ardent free-market Israeli finance minister to date. He argued that Israel's largestlabor union,theHistadrut,has so much power as to be capable of paralyzing theIsraeli economy,and claimed that the main causes ofunemploymentare laziness and excessive benefits to the unemployed.[citation needed]Under Netanyahu, Likud has and is likely to maintain a comparativelyfiscally conservativeeconomic stance. However, the party's economic policies vary widely among members, with some Likud MKs supporting more leftist economic positions that are more in line with popular preferences.[146]

Palestinians

Likud has historically espoused opposition to Palestinian statehood and support ofIsraeli settlementsin theWest BankandGaza Strip.However, it has also been the party that carried out the first peace agreements with Arab states. For instance, in 1979, Likud Prime MinisterMenachem Beginsigned theCamp David AccordswithEgyptianPresidentAnwar al-Sadat,which returned theSinai Peninsula(occupied by Israel in theSix-Day Warof 1967) to Egypt in return for peace between the two countries.Yitzhak Shamirwas the first Israeli Prime Minister to meet Palestinian leaders at theMadrid Conferencefollowing thePersian Gulf Warin 1991. However, Shamir refused to concede the idea of a Palestinian state, and as a result was blamed by some (includingUnited States Secretary of StateJames Baker) for the failure of the summit. On 14 June 2009, as Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a speech at Bar-Ilan University in which he endorsed a "Demilitarized Palestinian State", though said that Jerusalem must remain the unified capital of Israel.[citation needed]

In 2002 during theSecond Intifada,Israel's Likud-led government reoccupied Palestinian towns andrefugee campsin the West Bank. In 2005,Ariel Sharondefied the recent tendencies of Likud and abandoned the policy of seeking to settle in the West Bank and Gaza. Though re-elected Prime Minister on a platform of no unilateral withdrawals, Sharon carried out theGaza disengagement plan,withdrawing from theGaza Strip,as well as four settlements in the northern West Bank. Though losing a referendum among Likud registered voters, Sharon achieved government approval of this policy by firing most of the cabinet members who opposed the plan before the vote.[citation needed]

Sharon and the faction who supported his disengagement proposals left the Likud party after the disengagement and created the newKadimaparty. This new party supported unilateral disengagement from most of the West Bank and the fi xing of borders by theIsraeli West Bank barrier.The basic premise of the policy was that the Israelis have no viable negotiating partner on the Palestinian side, and since they cannot remain in indefinite occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel should unilaterally withdraw.[citation needed]

Netanyahu, who was elected as the new leader of Likud after Kadima's creation, andSilvan Shalom,the runner-up, both supported the disengagement plan;[147][148]however, Netanyahu resigned his ministerial post before the plan was executed. Most current Likud members support the Jewish settlements in the West Bank and oppose Palestinian statehood and the disengagement from Gaza.[citation needed]

Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas. This is part of our strategy – to isolate the Palestinians in Gaza from the Palestinians in the West Bank.

Benjamin Netanyahu, 2019[149][150]

Although settlement activity has continued under recent Likud governments, much of the activity outside the major settlement blocs has been to accommodatethe Jewish Home,a coalition partner; support within Likud to build outside the blocs is not particularly strong.[151][152]

Likud, under Netanyahu, is alleged to have intentionally propped up the rule of Hamas in Gaza as a means of dividing the Palestinians politically and using Palestinian extremism drawing the peace process away from a two-state solution.[149]

In the 2019 elections Likud was widely criticized as a "racist party" after scaremongering anti-Arab rhetoric by its members as well as Netanyahu who claimed minority Arabs and Palestinians in Israel as "threats" and "enemies".[153][154][155]

Culture

Ze'ev Jabotinsky

Likud generally advocates free enterprise and nationalism, but it has sometimes compromised these ideals in practice, especially as its constituency has changed. Its support for populist economic programs are at odds with its free enterprise tradition, but are meant to serve its largely nationalistic, lower-income voters in small towns and urban neighborhoods.[156][157]

Onreligion and state,Likud has a moderate stance,[157]and supports the preservation ofstatus quo.With time, the party has played into the traditional sympathies of its voter base, though the origins and ideology of Likud are secular.[158]Religious parties have come to view it as a more comfortable coalition partner than Labor.[157]

Likud promotes a revival ofJewish culture,in keeping with the principles ofRevisionist Zionism.Likud emphasizes such Israeli nationalist themes as the use of theIsraeli flagand the victory in the1948 Arab–Israeli War.In July 2018, Likud lawmakers voted a controversialNation-State billinto law which declares Israel as the "nation-state of the Jewish people".[159][160]

Likud publicly endorsespress freedomand promotion ofprivate sectormedia, which has grown markedly under governments Likud has led. A Likud government headed by Ariel Sharon, however, closed the popularright-wingpirate radiostationArutz Sheva( "Channel 7" ). Arutz Sheva was popular with theJewish settlermovement and often criticised the government from a right-wing perspective.[citation needed]

Historically, the Likud and its pre-1948 predecessor, the Revisionist movement advocated secular nationalism. However, the Likud's first prime minister and long-time leaderMenachem Begin,though secular himself, cultivated a warm attitude to Jewish tradition and appreciation for traditionally religious Jews—especially from North Africa and the Middle East. This segment of the Israeli population first brought the Likud to power in 1977. Many Orthodox Israelis find the Likud a more congenial party than any other mainstream party, and in recent years also a large group ofHaredim,mostly modern Haredim, joined the party and establishedthe Haredi faction in the Likud.[citation needed]

Composition (1973–1988)

Name Ideology Position Leader
Herut(1973–1988)
Right-wing
Liberal(1973–88)
Centre-right
National List
(1973–1976; 1981)
Centre
Free Centre
(1973–1977)
Right-wing Shmuel Tamir(1967–1977)
Independent Centre
(1975–76)
Right-wing Eliezer Shostak(1975–76)
Movement for Greater Israel
(1973–1976)
Right-wing Avraham Yoffe(1967–1976)
La'am
(1976–1984)
Centre-right

Leaders

Leader Took office Left office Prime Ministerial tenure Knesset elections Elected/reelected as leader
1 Menachem Begin 1973 1983 1977–1983 1977,1981
2 Yitzhak Shamir 1983 1993 1983–1984, 1986–1992 1984,1988,1992 1983,1984,and1992
3 Benjamin Netanyahu 1993 1999 1996–1999 1996,1999 1993,[71]and1999 (Jan)[71]
4 Ariel Sharon 1999 2005 2001–2006 2001,2003 1999 (Sep)[71]and2002[71]
(3) Benjamin Netanyahu 2005 Incumbent 2009–2021, 2022– 2006,2009,2013,2015,Apr 2019,Sep 2019,2020,2021,2022 2005[71]2007[161]2012,2014,and2019

Leader election process

During Begin's tenure as leader of Herut/Likud, his leadership was effectively unchallenged.[71]From 1983 through 1992, Herut/Likud elected its party leaders through votes held in party agencies.[71]The 1983 and 1984 Herut leadership elections were undertaken through a vote of Herut's Central Committee.[71]The day after Yitzhak Shamir won the 1983secret ballotvote of the Herut Central Committee to obtain Herut's party leadership, the party leaders of the other Likud coalition member parties announced that they agreed to have Shamir lead the Likud coalition.[162]

The 1992 Likud leadership election was the first held after Likud became a unified party. The 1992 leadership election was held as a vote of the Likud Central Committee.[71]After 1992, the party moved to electing its leaders through votes of its general membership, with the first such vote taking place in 1993.[71]

Party list selection process

Prior to the2006 election,the Likud's Central Committee relinquished control of selecting the Knesset list to the "rank and file" members at Netanyahu's behest.[163]The aim was to improve the party's reputation, as the central committee had gained a reputation for corruption.[164]

Current MKs

Likud currently has 32 Knesset members. They are listed below in the order that they appeared on the party's list for the2022 elections.

  1. Benjamin Netanyahu
  2. Yariv Levin
  3. Eli Cohen
  4. Yoav Galant
  5. Dudi Amsalem
  6. Amir Ohana
  7. Yoav Kisch
  8. Nir Barkat
  9. Miri Regev
  10. Miki Zohar
  11. Avi Dichter
  12. Israel Katz
  13. Shlomo Karhi
  14. Amichai Chikli
  15. Danny Danon
  16. Idit Silman
  17. David Bitan
  18. Yuli Edelstein
  19. Eliyahu Revivo
  20. Galit Distel-Atbaryan
  21. Nissim Vaturi
  22. Shalom Danino
  23. Haim Katz
  24. Ofir Akunis
  25. Tali Gottlieb
  26. Hanoch Milwidsky
  27. Boaz Bismuth
  28. Moshe Saada
  29. Eli Dellal
  30. Gila Gamliel
  31. Ofir Katz
  32. May Golan

Party organs

Likud Executive

  • Director General of the Likud: Zuri Siso[165]
  • Deputy DG, head of the Municipal Division, Head of the Computer Division: Zuri Siso[165]
  • Manager of the Likud Chairman's Office: Hanni Blaivais[165]
  • Director of Foreign Affairs and Likud spokesperson: Eli Hazan[166]

Likud Central Committee

The Central Committee decides on all matters between party conferences, with the exceptions of matters designated to another organ. As of 2022,the Chairman of the Central Committee isHaim Katz.[167]

The Central Committee has a considerable number of members. For example, in one vote, 3,050 members took part in 2005.[168]

Likud Secretariat

The Secretariat is the body that elects the Director General of the part and the heads various departments. It defines their powers and supervises their activities. As of 2022the Chairman of the Secretariat isHaim Katz.[167]

Likud Court

The Court is the supreme judicial organ in all matters of the party.[167]

The Legal Advisor advises the party and its bodies in the matters of the state law and the Party constitution and represents the party before external authorities.[167]The Legal Advisor has a significant power and may overturn the decisions of most of the party bodies, including the Central Committee.[169]As of 2022the Legal Advisor of the Likud Movement is Avi Halevy.[167]

Likud Youth Movement

The Likud Youth Movement (Noar HaLikud[he],lit. 'Likud Youth', sometimes called 'Young Likud'), is the official body in charge of all young members of Likud.[167]It is a member group of theInternational Young Democrat Union.[170][171]

Election results

Knesset

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Status
1973 Menachem Begin 473,309 30.2 (#2)
39 / 120
 Increase7 Opposition
1977[a] 583,968 33.4 (#1)
43 / 120
 Increase4 Coalition
1981 718,941 37.1 (#1)
48 / 120
 Increase3 Coalition
1984 Yitzhak Shamir 661,302 31.9 (#2)
41 / 120
 Decrease7 Coalition
1988 709,305 31.1 (#1)
40 / 120
 Decrease1 Coalition
1992 651,229 24.9 (#2)
32 / 120
 Decrease8 Opposition
1996[b] Benjamin Netanyahu 767,401 25.1 (#2)
22 / 120
 Decrease10 Coalition
1999 468,103 14.1 (#2)
19 / 120
 Decrease3 Opposition
2003 Ariel Sharon 925,279 29.4 (#1)
38 / 120
 Increase19 Coalition
2006 Benjamin Netanyahu 281,996 9.0 (#4)
12 / 120
 Decrease26 Opposition
2009 729,054 21.6 (#2)
27 / 120
 Increase15 Coalition
2013[c] 884,631 23.3 (#1)
20 / 120
 Decrease7 Coalition
2015 984,966 23.4 (#1)
30 / 120
 Increase12 Coalition
Apr 2019 1,138,772 26.5 (#1)
35 / 120
 Increase5 Caretaker
Sep 2019 1,113,617 25.1 (#2)
32 / 120
 Decrease4 Caretaker
2020 1,349,171 29.5 (#1)
36 / 120
 Increase4 Coalition
2021 1,066,892 24.2 (#1)
30 / 120
 Decrease6 Opposition
2022 1,115,049 23.4 (#1)
32 / 120
 Increase2 Coalition
  1. ^Both members ofShlomtzionjoined the party, giving it 45 seats.
  2. ^Run in coalition withGesherandTzomet.
  3. ^Run in coalition withYisrael Beiteinu.

Prime Minister

Election Candidate Votes % Result
1996 Benjamin Netanyahu 1,501,023 50.5 (#1) Won
1999 Benjamin Netanyahu 1,402,474 43.9 (#2) Lost
2001 Ariel Sharon 1,698,077 62.4 (#1) Won

See also

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