Likud
right-wing Israeli political party
Likud, Hebrew: הליכוד - HaLikud, meaning The Consolidation, (official name: HaLikud-National Liberal Movement), commonly called Likud, is an Israeli political party.
Its ideology is right-wing conservative,[1][2][3][4][5] nationalist, and Zionist.
Political leader is Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister 1996–1999; 2009–2021).
Likud was founded in 1973 as a a result of an alliance (and later on a merger in 1988) of six liberal and nationalist parties, like Gahal, Herut and the Liberal Party.
Founders were Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir.
Number of seats in the 24th Knesset: 29 (-7).
Participating in the Fourth Netanyahu Government and the Netanyahu-Gantz Government.
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- ↑ Neack, Laura (2018). Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 43. ISBN 9781538109632.
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