Published: 27 December 2019
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu declares ‘huge victory’ in Likud primary as 1st results show landslide (Times of Israel)
With ballot count under way, PM leads by wide margin over rival Gideon Sa’ar; final results expected overnight
Netanyahu, seeking to fend off challenger, declares victory in Likud primary (Haaretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed an "enormous victory" on Thursday night after Likud party voting stations concluded the first leadership primary to take in five years, after members set out to choose between the premier and his rival within the party, Gideon Sa'ar
Israel: Netanyahu sees off leadership threat in Likud party primary (Guardian)
Exit poll suggests Israeli PM could win more than 70% of vote, despite corruption charges
Netanyahu seen remaining at Likud helm as party votes ahead of March ballot (Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to have faced down a fresh challenge to his power on Thursday when his Likud party held a leadership vote in the run-up to a March national election, the country’s third in under a year.
An exit poll cited by the political correspondent for Israel’s Channel 12 news predicted that Netanyahu, head of Likud for the past 14 years, would retain the right-wing party’s leadership with 71.52% of votes.
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Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket forces Netanyahu off stage (Haaretz)
'Whoever fired rockets now, better pack his belongings,' Netanyahu threatened as he returned to finish address at southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon
DAHLIA SCHEINDLIN: The many faces of Benjamin Netanyahu (972)
Netanyahu has only been so successful because he reflects and represents the many faces of Israel: victor and victim, global citizen and international outcast, pyromaniac and war-shy
Photo: A Likud party banner (Ammar Awad/Reuters)
