Barkat and Amsalem win Jerusalem, though liberal faction makes surprise showing; Defense Minister Katz suffers key defeats, signaling potential shake-up in party leadership The post Sweeping victories and upsets mark Likud’s first internal elections in 14 years appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, said Sunday he had submitted a pardon request, arguing the yearslong cases

Wednesday’s vote is expected to serve as an important bellwether for the fortunes of competing factions and the future ambitions of senior party figures

For the first time in several years, about 140,000 Likud members will vote tomorrow and decide the party’s internal balance of power.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has jolted Israel’s political system by asking President Isaac Herzog to pardon him while his corruption trial is still underway, a dramatic move that tests the limits of presidential clemency and the country’s promise that no leader is above the law.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party will host its first national conference in 13 years tomorrow to elect the party’s powerful Central Committee and Secretariat. Elections have not been held since the last conference.

Let us not accuse our politicians of idleness. They devote their time and energy to dismantling everything that still works here, quickly and thoroughly, before the elections (if there are elections, and if they are free and fair, as per this pessimist).