Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election is cowardly | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 21, 2026 · 1021 words · By AMOTZ ASA-EL

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What to know about Political Integrity and Courage

The ruling party’s members, in their primary election Monday, removed some of its most unfit and brazen lawmakers.

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What happened

The ruling party’s members, in their primary election Monday, removed some of its most unfit and brazen lawmakers.

Why it matters

The least significant of these is Nissim Vaturi, a coarse ignoramus who tried to impress Likud voters with preposterous statements throughout his parliamentary stint.

Common ground

These included a charge that the judicial coup’s protesters were deployed by Hamas, a call to kill all Gazans, and a conspiratorial hallucination that Maj.-Gen.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Smears: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 16 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Idit Silman... campaign’s highlight was a video clip of her making somersaults”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a campaign video of Idit Silman performing somersaults.

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Claim 2: “May Golan... [pushed] down to slot no. 30”

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The provided Wikipedia entries for the 2022 and 2026 elections and the Likud party do not mention May Golan's specific slot number on the list.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections were held in Israel on 1 November 2022 to elect the 120 members of the 25th Knesset. The results saw the right-wing national camp of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu win …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Israeli_legislative_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Israel on 27 October 2026, to elect all 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israeli_legislative_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Likud (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד, romanized: HaLikud, lit. 'The Consolidation'), officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement (Hebrew: הַלִּיכּוּד – תנועה לאומית ליברלית, romanized: HaLikud – Tnu'a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud

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Claim 3: “Gideon Sa’ar... did not have the guts to run in Likud’s primaries”

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Claim 4: “Nir Barkat... ended up on slot no. 24”

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Claim 5: “Nissim Vaturi... [charged] that the judicial coup’s protesters were deployed by Hamas”

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Multiple independent sources confirm this. Wikipedia notes Vaturi said protesters were a 'branch of Hamas' on June 19, 2024, and a separate news article ('Anti-government protesters have become a branch of Hamas') corroborates the statement.

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web search NEUTRAL — Vaturi was born in the Ramat Eliyahu neighbourhood of Rishon LeZion to a father who had immigrated from Libya in 1949 and a mother who had immigrated from Iraq in 1951.On 19 June 2024 Vaturi said anti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_Vaturi

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web search NEUTRAL — These included a charge that the judicial coup’s protesters were deployed by Hamas, a call to kill all Gazans, and a conspiratorial hallucination that Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yair Golan helped Hamas on Octob…
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-906157

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web search NEUTRAL — “The protests are strengthening Hamas.” The protests, which originated in the previous Netanyahu government, were rebooted after Netanyahu’s return to power in late 2022, focusing on his coalition’s p…
https://worldisraelnews.com/anti-government-protesters-have-…

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Claim 6: “Israel Katz... manipulated for himself an exemption from the primaries, as one of the eight slots the party decided to let Netanyahu personally handpick”

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Claim 7: “Hanoch Milwidsky... a suspected rapist and documented misogynist who publicly disgraced his committee’s legal adviser”

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Claim 8: “Nissim Vaturi [was shoved] down to slot no. 43”

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The claim that Vaturi was placed in slot 43 is mentioned in the provided text 'Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election is cowardly', but the Wikipedia evidence provided for Vaturi mentions he was 21st for the 2022 elections. No other independent source confirms the specific 'slot 43' placement.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A primary election was held by Likud on 17 August 2026 to select its list of candidates ahead of the 2026 Israeli legislative election.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Likud_primary

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

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Claim 9: “shortly after Hamas’s October 7 attack, Barkat tried to have the Knesset remove Netanyahu. That is what Dan Illouz... recently told TV’s Channel 12”

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Claim 10: “Interior Minister Haim Katz’s similar deal [exemption from primaries]”

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Claim 11: “Nissim Vaturi... [made] a call to kill all Gazans”

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Two independent news sources confirm Vaturi called for the execution of adult men in Gaza, separating them from women and children.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nissim Vaturi (Hebrew: ניסים ואטורי. ; born 23 October 1969) is an Israeli politician. He has served as a member of the Knesset for Likud since 2022, having previously served between 2020 and 2021.In …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissim_Vaturi

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web search NEUTRAL — Nissim Vaturi, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, called for separating the women and children in Gaza and executing the men."We need to separate the children and women and k…
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-likud-mk-calls-killing-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Hamas Movement has described deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset Nissim Vaturi’s recent call for executing all the Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip as “outright incitement to ethnic cleansing.”
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2025/02/24/334577/

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Claim 12: “May Golan... a suspect of fraud, bribery, and breach of trust, who ignored police summonses to investigate her”

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Two independent sources ('The Media Line' and another report on aggravated bribery) confirm that May Golan is under investigation for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and that she has been questioned or suspected of obstructing the investigation.

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web search NEUTRAL — Police sources said State Attorney Amit Aisman and Baharav-Miara had already approved opening a criminal investigation against Golan on suspicion of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Evidence inclu…
https://themedialine.org/headlines/police-raid-minister-may-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Golan was initially questioned for suspicion of breach of trust and fraudulent activity. She is also suspected of obstructing the investigation, interfering with, and hindering a police officer on dut…
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/art…

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web search NEUTRAL — You have BLOOD on your hands!" Golan exposes how UN officials dismissed reports of rape, excused Hamas’s atrocities, and became spokespeople for mass murderers. Golan recounts the unimaginable horrors…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWCuDEt2qF0

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Claim 13: “Idit Silman... defection from the Bennett coalition”

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Wikipedia and multiple news sources explicitly confirm that Idit Silman resigned/defected from the Naftali Bennett-led coalition in April 2022.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yamina or Yemina (Hebrew: יָמִינָה, lit. 'Rightwards') was an Israeli political alliance of right-wing parties that originally included the New Right and the Union of Right-Wing Parties (a union of Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamina

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Idit Silman (Hebrew: עידית סילמן; born 27 October 1980) is an Israeli politician and Likud member who currently serves as the Minister of Environmental Protection. She previously served in the Knesset…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idit_Silman

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Naftali Bennett (Hebrew: נַפְתָּלִי בֶּנֶט; born 25 March 1972) is an Israeli politician, businessman, and soldier who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022, and as the alternate pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naftali_Bennett

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Claim 14: “Ze’ev Elkin... [sent] to slot no. 32”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Ze'ev Elkin's placement in slot 32.

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Claim 15: “Nissim Vaturi... [made] a conspiratorial hallucination that Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yair Golan helped Hamas on October 7”

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The claim is mentioned in the article 'Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election is cowardly'. While other sources discuss Yair Golan and October 7, they do not explicitly attribute this specific 'hallucination' or claim to Nissim Vaturi.

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web search NEUTRAL — On Oct 7, 2023, about 3,000 Hamas fighters breached the border wall separating Gaza from South Israel. What followed were hours of wanton brutality and destr...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fcUTpMASQ

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web search NEUTRAL — Spreading conspiracy theories against Maj.-Gen. Yair Golan and tarnishing his bravery on October 7 is crossing a red line bordering on madness. While Netanyahu rushed to put on makeup and look for exc…
https://allisraelnews.com/netanyahus-wife-sara-implies-polit…

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web search NEUTRAL — On October 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas terrorists breached Israel’s security fence. Over 1,400 men, women, and children were brutally murdered in the ensuing attack.
https://www.hamas-massacre.net/

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Claim 16: “Idit Silman... [pushed] down to slot no. 37”

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While evidence confirms Idit Silman's political career and her role as Minister of Environmental Protection, none of the provided sources mention her being placed in 'slot 37' of the Likud list.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the context of the Gaza war, some Israelis have proposed expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza or the creation of conditions leading to their exodus, and a new wave of Israeli resettlement of the Gaz…
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