Likud

Logo of HaLikud

Likud, Hebrew: הליכוד , meaning The Consolidation, (official name: HaLikud-National Liberal Movement), commonly called Likud, is an Israeli political party.

Its ideology is right-wing conservative liberal,^[1] nationalist, and Zionist.

Political leader is Benjamin Netanyahu (also Prime Minister since 2009).

HaLikud 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 20th Knesset: 30 (+12).

Participating in the Fourth Netanyahu Government.

ReferencesEdit

↑ Experimental Studies of Interactive Decisions, Amnon Rapoport, Kluwer Academic, ISBN 0792306856, 1990, page 413: "Likud is a liberal-conservative party that gains much of its support from the lower and middle classes, and promotes free enterprise, nationalism, and expansionism."

Other websitesEdit

Official website

Political parties in the current 20th Knesset

Coalition parties:
HaBayit HaYehudi (8) ---- HaLikud (30) ---- Kulanu (10) ---- Shas (7) ---- United Torah Judaism (6) ---- Yisrael Beiteinu (6)

Opposition parties:
Meretz (5) ---- The Joint List (13: Balad [3], Hadash [5], Ra'am [3], Ta'al [2]) ---- The Zionist Union (24: HaAvoda / Labor [19], HaTnu'a [4], HaTnu'a HaYeruqa [1]) ---- Yesh Atid (11)

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[1] Experimental Studies of Interactive Decisions, Amnon Rapoport, Kluwer Academic, ISBN 0792306856, 1990, page 413: "Likud is a liberal-conservative party that gains much of its support from the lower and middle classes, and promotes free enterprise, nationalism, and expansionism."

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