WATCH: Likud compares anti-Netanyahu campaigners to school bullies in new election video
The campaign video's release comes following a KAN News report on Wednesday that Netanyahu is struggling to win back the seats his party lost in recent polls.
The campaign video's release comes following a KAN News report on Wednesday that Netanyahu is struggling to win back the seats his party lost in recent polls.
He voted against the January 2025 hostage deal, his own voters demanded he resign, and Ben-Gvir walked out. Smotrich stayed silent for five months. In an interview with the Post, he explained why.
The survey also examined a scenario in which three Arab parties - Hadash, Ta'al, and Balad - run together, while Yoav Segalovich joins Ra'am in the party's second slot.
“I think that right now the Religious Zionist public can and should run on its own as a big, strong, significant party,” Smotrich told the Post.
A former Yesh Atid MK is in talks to join an Arab party slate, as Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas confirms positive discussions aimed at making Ra’am a viable coalition partner.
It does not affect the eight positions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been authorized to fill with candidates of his choosing. The primary vote is currently scheduled for Monday.
The interim order was issued during Tuesday’s Likud Secretariat vote because Haim Katz had already registered for the August 17 primaries and begun campaigning.
AI is set to become a key part of Netanyahu’s election campaign, with Oren Dobronsky reportedly promised a future ministerial role.
Former Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan announced on Tuesday that his new right-wing party will be called the Unity Party, with the slogan "Real right. Real enlistment."
"If I put this ballot in that box, what government, policies, and political reality am I helping create?"
Posting on social media, the Likud lawmaker said the defense minister was "terribly afraid of the primaries' results," slamming what she called a "despicable step that mocks Likud voters."