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8 unusual facts about Likud


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Under the guidance of Finance minister and current party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud pushed through legislation reducing value added tax (VAT), income and corporate taxes significantly, as well as customs duty.

Nevertheless, Likud's candidate Benjamin Netanyahu did win the vote for Prime Minister in 1996 and was given the task of forming a government after the 1996 elections.

Samer Libdeh

He participated in a number of meetings with senior Israeli politicians and activists from the Likud, Labor, and Kadima parties – advocating for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian problem.

Shlomo Arel

In the 1970s he became a member of the Likud party and from time to time he was brought in by Israeli leaders as an advisor of Naval issues.

Shlomo Lahiani

He was first elected mayor as a Labour-backed independent in 2003 with 45% of the vote, beating the Likud candidate.

Yigal Cohen-Orgad

He eventually returned to Herut, which by the mid-1970s had become part of the Likud alliance.

Zalman Shoval

Shortly before the 1973 elections, the State List joined other groups to form the Likud, and Shoval was returned to the Knesset as a Likud MK.

He was the Israeli ambassador to the United States in the years 1990–1993 and 1998–2000, and an active member of the Knesset in the Rafi party of Ben Gurion, the State List, and the Likud party.


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Benjamin Halevy

He was elected to the Seventh Knesset for the Gahal (Herut-Liberal Bloc) list, and again to the Eighth Knesset in 1973 after Gahal had merged into Likud.

December 2010 Israeli rabbi letter controversy

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel and the leader of the Likud party, condemned the letter on December 7 in a speech before the National Bible Contest for adults in Jerusalem, stating that ""How would we feel if we were told not to sell an apartment to Jews?"

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Tzipi Hotovely, an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for the Likud party.

Greater Israel

The 1977 elections, which brought Likud to power also had considerable impact on acceptance and rejection of the term.

Marina Solodkin

After retaining her seat in the 1999 elections, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Immigrant Absorption, a post she regained during the 16th Knesset after Yisrael BaAliyah had merged into Likud.

Menachem Elon

Supported by Menachem Begin and the coalition (Likud party), Elon was nearly selected as President of the State of Israel, losing in a close vote (61-57) to his childhood friend Chaim Herzog in 1983.

Metzudat Ze'ev

The building is named after the founder of the Revisionist Zionism movement, Ze'ev Jabotinsky and serves as the headquarters of the Israeli right-wing Likud party.

Micha Goldman

After re-election in 1996, he lost his portfolio (as Likud formed the government), but was appointed chairman of the Committee for the Examination of the Maccabiah Bridge Disaster and the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee.

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Gila Gamliel, member of the Knesset for Likud and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office

Pinyan

Zion Pinyan (born 1951), Israeli politician, member of the Knesset for Likud

Yosef Lishansky

The request was denied, although the struggle to improve his image resumed and gained strength after "The Revolution" of 1977, when the right-wing party, Likud, was elected to form a government for the first time.


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