Article: Shalom blames Netanyahu for Likud's downfall

Article: Netanyahu concerned Feiglin will win top spot on Likud list. Detractors are already painting the Likud as an extreme right-wing party
Jerusalem Post;  November 12, 2008 ;     627 words ......repeatedly referring to the Likud as the "Begin-Feiglin party" last week. Feiglin was...himself as "the No. 2 man in Likud." The party's law committee will meet...candidates who joined the party on Tuesday at the Likud's Tel Aviv headquarters...

Article: The party's over for Likud
Jerusalem Post;  November 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......11-22-2005 Headline: The party's over for Likud Byline: AMOTZ ASA-...economy in ways the Likud had for years advocated, the party adopted a populist...it lose power. The Likud's flirt with hegemony...shorter. In that party, the leader's embrace...

Article: Likud slogan: Vote Sharon, get Peres. Party hopes anti-Peres sentiment can save it from electoral drubbing
Jerusalem Post;  December 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......ordered to help save an ailing Likud party, the leaders of the Likud decided...voters to Sharon's new Kadima party. Interim Likud Chairman Tzahi Hanegbi convened...In a further setback for the Likud, the party's veteran legal adviser, Eitan...

Article: Feud Splits Leadership of Israel's Likud; Opposition Party Rift Could Benefit Rabin
The Washington Post;  June 6, 1995 ;     700+ words ...The Likud, Israel's largest opposition party, began unraveling...the last time the Likud handed out places on the party list that controls...accused the untested party chairman of needlessly dividing the Likud on a matter of personal...

Article: Sharon wins first Likud battle. Party backs his leadership proposal.
Jerusalem Post;  June 15, 1999 ;     671 words ......06-15-1999 Interim Likud leader Ariel Sharon...his rivals for the party leadership last night...think." He said the party must elect the leader...of returning the Likud to power at the earliest...opportunity. He urged the party remain in opposition...Shas and the Center Party, and he ...

Article: 'Star Wars' among parties continue as Nachman Shai joins Kadima. Ya'alon set to be choosing between Likud and Rightist party
Jerusalem Post;  November 4, 2008 ;     700+ words ......to be choosing between Likud and Rightist party Byline: GIL HOFFMAN and...and if so, whether as a Likud MK or head of a new party being formed to the right...to Ya'alon said Monday. Likud officials close to party chairman Binyamin Netanyahu...

Article: Roundup: Israel's Likud party intends regaining power, but facesstorm of reactions
Xinhua News Agency;  December 20, 2005 ;     549 words ...Roundup: Israel's Likud party intends regaining power, but faces...Party 22 parliament mandates and Likud party 13 seats. The far-right Feiglin coming...distinguishes" his party from the Likud. Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz did not hold...

Article: Shalom aims to finish first in Likud primary. Says Feiglin as MK won't harm party
Jerusalem Post;  November 28, 2008 ;     619 words ......the second slot on the party's list behind Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu...has to cause damage. The Likud is the one party of all the sectors in...because it would upset party members who want to maintain the Likud's traditional alliances...

Article: Sharon bolstered by 15 MKs in new party. PM: Staying in Likud is a waste of time
Jerusalem Post;  November 22, 2005 ;     662 words ......bolstered by 15 MKs in new party. PM: Staying in Likud is a waste of time Byline...Ya'acov Edri also joined the party, along with Likud MKs Roni Bar- On and Omri Sharon...misgivings, I decided to leave the Likud party," Sharon announced in a press...

Article: Arens Challenges Netanyahu in Party; Premier's Mentor Seeks Likud Nomination
The Washington Post;  January 12, 1999 ;     700+ words ......topple his old protege as the Likud Party's nominee for prime minister...stunned the conservative Likud Party, already in turmoil after...second prominent figure within Likud to challenge Netanyahu for the party leadership. The other is Uzi...

Article: Likud loses another contender; Defense minister's exit exacerbates party's woes.(WORLD)
The Washington Times;  December 12, 2005 ;     498 words ......decided to defect from Likud to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new party, in the latest sign that...to Mr. Sharon's Forward party. Likud loyalists painted the...that he is leaving the Likud Party to join Prime Minister...

Article: Likud braces for leadership race. Seven candidates vie to head party
Jerusalem Post;  November 22, 2005 ;     539 words ......11-22-2005 Headline: Likud braces for leadership...candidates vie to head party Byline: GIL HOFFMAN...members of his new party to prevent them from approaching the Likud headquarters. "The...expressed hope that the party would emerge strengthened...without Sharon. "The Likud is about ...

Article: Hanegbi quits Likud for Kadima. PM shrugs off concerns he will taint the party
Jerusalem Post;  December 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Headline: Hanegbi quits Likud for Kadima. PM shrugs...he will taint the party Byline: GIL HOFFMAN...he was leaving the Likud for Kadima was a serious blow to the party, which lost its interim...was elected by the Likud, he could not justify taking the party's mandate to Kadima...

Article: Israeli right: purists vs. pragmatists; The Palestinian question divides those remaining in the Likud party following Prime Minister Sharon's exit.(WORLD)
The Christian Science Monitor;  November 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Ariel Sharon to leave the party and start a new centrist one, the Likud is fast scattering into...announced that he will seek the Likud party leadership. Mofaz, who...that might otherwise go to Likud or to Sharon's new party, called The far right to...