Netanyahu and Likud Abruptly Part Ways With Former Trump Campaign Advisers
Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie were brought on board to advise the Likud election campaign and abruptly left Israel in the past few days
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Netanyahu Taps New Agriculture Minister 'To Bring Back Farmers' Votes'
Ministers Hanegbi and Akunis will take on second ministerial posts weeks before election
Tell Me How Rich You Are, I’ll Tell You if You’ll Vote Netanyahu
An analysis of the last election results appears to show Israeli politics as a class struggle between warring tribes
Analysis Gantz’s Whispering in the Left-wingers’ Ears Is Sounding Better Than Ever to Them
Nitzan Horowitz and Amir Peretz increasingly like their chances of helping forge a center-left government, instead of Benny Gantz forming one with a Netanyahu-less Likud
Israel Election Poll: Kahanist Party Rejected From Right-wing Merger Makes It Into Knesset
Left-wing slate loses some power and no bloc has a solid majority in March 2 vote, according to two public opinion polls
The Man Who Hoped to Succeed Netanyahu Bows Out of Israeli Politics – for Now
'It's impossible to know what will happen,' Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon tells Haaretz about his political future, after deciding not to run in the March 2 election
In Blow to Netanyahu, Knesset Panel to Commence Immunity Debate
Legal adviser's opinion says speaker cannot keep lawmakers from convening a panel on prime minister's immunity request, which most lawmakers are expected to vote against
Analysis Netanyahu’s Latest Ploy Against the Justice System: Bash the Knesset’s Legal Adviser
Paradoxically, a lifting of Bibi’s immunity from prosecution may help him in the election ■ Meanwhile, the political maneuvering on the left almost makes the right seem like softies
Analysis Israel’s Next Satellite Will Be Locally Made, but That Will Come at a Cost
Awarding Israel Aerospace the contract will cost $50 million more than an off-the-shelf satellite made abroad. Was Likud politics or national security behind the decision?
Netanyahu Hands Diaspora Affairs Portfolio to Minister Who Slammed U.S. Jews' 'Convenient Lives'
Netanyahu, who gave up ministerial posts over his corruption charges, also appoints party colleague who is expected to be indicted for bribery as agriculture minister
Analysis Israel's General Election Will Be a Totally Different Game for Netanyahu
Despite his Likud primary win, any connection between the outside world and the mystical devotion of the party’s members to their leader isn’t loose, it’s nonexistent
Analysis Likud Still Believes Netanyahu Can Win – and Bibi Keeps Proving He Can Fight
The prime minister battled for every vote to keep Gideon Sa’ar under the psychologically important 30 percent mark, a result Netanyahu feels has cemented the right-wing bloc for the next general election
Netanyahu Hails Likud Primary Victory Over Party Challenger Sa’ar
Sa'ar: We stand behind PM ■ Premier gets 72.5% of vote
Netanyahu, Rival Gideon Sa'ar Fear Low Turnout as Likud Leadership Race Kicks Off
Over 100,000 party members are eligible to vote in Likud's first primary election since 2014
Analysis Likud’s Netanyahu-Sa'ar Showdown Pits Tribal Loyalty vs. Rational Expediency
The prime minister faces formidable legal and political obstacles, but his fans won’t abandon him in his time of need
Cool Tel Avivian or Pro-settler Nationalist? Netanyahu Could Be Ousted by This Man
Gideon Sa'ar was an outsider far to the right of Likud, but he went on to help Netanyahu transform the party from a beaten shell of itself to a fighting parliamentary machine. Now he's back to try to take over the party
In Leadership Race, Netanyahu Seeks to Deliver a Message – and a Warning
Meanwhile, there is evident despair in challenger Gideon Sa’ar's camp
Netanyahu Secures Senior Minister's Backing Two Days Ahead of Likud Primary Election
Public Security Minister Erdan, who had reportedly considered backing PM's rival, says he is 'the most suited to continue leading the country'
Netanyahu, Sa'ar Tried to Light Up the Crowd Ahead of Likud Race. Only One of Them Succeeded
‘There’s nothing you can do, Bibi is a volcano,’ says prospective Sa’ar supporter at sleepy gathering
Netanyahu Rival Sa'ar: If I Win Likud Primary, I'll Push to Make Bibi Israeli President
Ahead of Thursday's leadership primary, Gideon Sa'ar, says he'd like to see the prime minister in the largely ceremonial role
Analysis Festival of Blights: This Hannukah, Likud Contenders Will Sourly Sit Out Another Netanyahu Victory
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and Gilad 'Traitor' Erdan's lose-lose situation ■ Justice Minister Ohana keeps slashing away at the legal establishment ■ Labor-Gesher stick to a campaign strategy that has already failed
Israel Election: Shaked Announces Joint Run With Bennett, Stamping Out Rumors of Right-wing Split
Meanwhile, Democratic Union leaders disagree on primary election proposal
Likud Tribunal Orders Ruling Party to Hold a Primary for Knesset Slate
Meanwhile, Netanyahu challenger Gideon Sa'ar objects to expulsion of hundreds of supporters ahead of December 26 leadership race
Analysis If You Come for King Bibi, You Better Not Miss (By More Than 30 Percent)
Though Netanyahu’s victory over Gideon Sa’ar in the Likud primary is all but assured, it is still a crucial election for determining Israel’s next prime minister