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Victory for Netanyahu in Likud Central Committee vote ahead of elections

Panel adopts a series of resolutions proposed by PM and expels 14 members of the 'New Likud' faction, accused of being left-wing infiltrators

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PM’s plan to run Jewish Home candidate on Likud slate faces legal appeals

MK Eli Ben Dahan named as the cross-over political candidate; petitioners say running one party's lawmaker on another party's ticket is a form of election fraud

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Likud joins with defunct party to sidestep legal challenges to Jewish Home deal

Jewish Home MK Eli Ben Dahan, now technically a member of expired platform Achi, will temporarily run with Likud before rejoining his own party after elections

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Elections Committee clears Jewish Home MK’s run on Likud ticket

Committee members approve Eli Ben Dahan's placement on Netanyahu's roster as part of electoral deal between the two parties that brought in extremist party

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Netanyahu a no-show as small Likud gathering reaffirms him as unmatched leader

After shelving proposed leadership race, only a fraction of the Likud Central Committee attends vote declaring party will only sit in a government headed by the incumbent PM

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PM seeks to nix primaries if 3rd election held, in bid to avoid defections

Likud Central Committee chief Haim Katz agrees to push for decision to keep current Knesset roster, as coalition talks falter and new vote looks increasingly likely

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Netanyahu challenger Sa’ar formally requests snap vote for Likud leader

MK says leadership race should be held in next 2 weeks 'to prevent the state from lapsing into unnecessary elections'; Netanyahu said maneuvering to block challenge

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Netanyahu agrees to hold Likud leadership primary in next six weeks

As MK Nir Barkat pledges loyalty to PM and feuds publicly with challenger Gideon Sa'ar, premier refuses to answer whether he will seek immunity from prosecution

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Likud begins planning leadership race as PM faces 1st real challenge in 14 years

Party's Central Committee to vote against primaries for the full Knesset list; Netanyahu-Sa'ar vote likely set for December 22, if new elections are called

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Sa’ar slams Netanyahu’s ‘wild incitement’ against him ahead of vote on primary

Premier's Likud rival steps up attacks, accuses other senior party lawmakers who have supported PM of being 'spineless'

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Netanyahu seeks to cancel Likud primaries for party slate

PM wants Likud's internal court to reverse itself, after it struck down a move to forgo a vote on roster for coming elections

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Reversing initial decision, Likud court calls off primaries for Knesset slate

Judges accept Netanyahu's appeal to forgo vote on entire roster for March elections, block measure that would make it easier for members to cast ballot in leadership race Thursday

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Sa’ar: If elected to lead Likud, I’ll seek to appoint Netanyahu president

Three days before primaries, PM's challenger says he would like to see him continuing to contribute from his diplomatic skills to Israel's benefit

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Netanyahu rejects as ‘spin’ Sa’ar’s proposal to make him president

PM’s campaign in Thursday Likud leadership race dismisses idea put forward by challenger, accusing him of being 'aligned with the left'; Sa'ar denounces 'baseless attack'

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Gantz on Sa’ar’s proposal to appoint Netanyahu as president: ‘Moral bankruptcy’

Blue and White chair says right-wing party's lack of principled opposition to PM under indictment shows 'Likud cannot lead the State of Israel at this time'

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