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The 1977 election manifesto of the right-wing Israeli Likud party said: "Between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty." [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Similar wording, such as referring to the area "west of the Jordan river", has also been used more recently by other Israeli politicians, [ 3 ] including Israeli prime minister ...
This segment of the Israeli population first brought the Likud to power in 1977. Many Orthodox Israelis find the Likud a more congenial party than any other mainstream party, and in recent years also a large group of Haredim, mostly modern Haredim, joined the party and established the Haredi faction in the Likud. [citation needed]
The Israeli Likud party, in its manifesto for the 1977 elections which it won in a landslide, declared: "Between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty." [52] [53] [54] Similar statements have been made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as late as 18 January 2024. [55]
2 Benjamin Halevi left Likud on March 18, 1975. 3 They left Likud on October 26, 1976, to create the Free Center faction 4 Shmuel Tamir left the Knesset on January 25, 1977. He was replaced by Zita Linker. 5 Akiva Nof left the Knesset on January 25, 1977. He was replaced by Amal Nasereldeen. 6 Joined Likud on February 15, 1977.
Michael Kleiner (Hebrew: מיכאל קליינר; born 4 April 1948) is an Israeli politician and was the leader of Herut – The National Movement [1] He is currently the President of the Supreme Court of the Israeli Likud party.
In 1968, the Israeli Labor Party formed from three earlier left-leaning parties, but was defeated in the 1977 election by Menachem Begin's centre-to-right Revisionist Zionist Likud bloc [1] (then composed of Herut, the Liberals and the smaller La'am Party). The Likud formed a coalition with the National Religious Party, Agudat Israel, and others.
Distel-Atbaryan was selected by Netanyahu for the tenth place on the Likud list for the 2021 elections, [4] [6] and was elected to the Knesset as Likud won thirty seats. [7] Ahead of the 2022 elections, she was given the twentieth spot. [8] She resigned from her post as Information Minister of Israel on 12 October 2023. [9]
The opposition Revisionist Zionists, who evolved into today's Likud party, sought Eretz Yisrael Ha-Shlema—Greater Israel, or literally, the Whole Land of Israel (shalem, meaning complete)." [ 11 ] The capture of the West Bank and Gaza Strip from Jordan and Egypt during the Six-Day War in 1967 led to the growth of the non-parliamentary ...