Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Likud ( HaLikud, lit. The Consolidation) is the major center-right political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin in an alliance with several right-wing and liberal parties.
Read More at Wikipedia ›An official with Israel's governing Likud Party says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will announce Sunday that national elections will be moved up.
The official said Thursday that Sept. 4 was shaping up as the likely date, speaking on condition of anonymity pending an official announcement.The vote was originally scheduled for October 2013. But Netanyahu signaled in December that he might move them up when he called a snap Likud leadership race that he handily won.Early elections talk heated up over the past week over budget and draft issues, but an announcement has been postponed as Netanyahu mourns the death of his father early this week.Polls show Likud running far ahead of all other parties and Netanyahu to be the public's top choice for prime minister....Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has won the leadership race of his Likud Party over his ultranationalist rival.Likud spokesman Yigal Movermacher said Netan...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a snap leadership primary in his Likud Party Monday, raising the possibility of an early general election next year....
Israel has handed over the bodies of 91 Palestinian militants to the government in the West Bank in an effort to induce President Mahmoud Abbas to renew peace talks....
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuked his combative foreign minister on Tuesday for attacking members of the Israeli leader's Likud party, pointing to growing st...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled he wants to hold new elections in September, more than a year ahead of schedule, setting up a brief campaign tha...
In a political development with global implications, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled he soon might call early elections — a decision that could ...
By Joel Mowbray Syndicated ColumnistTEL AVIV, ISRAEL -- Exit polls have just been announced here in Israel, with a very surprising result: a two-seat lead for left-o...
With Mideast peace talks at an impasse, two senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party are shopping around a new idea: In the absence of peace...
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