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Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries ahead of Israel’s general elections

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 973 words · By Simon Speakman Cordall
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Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries ahead of Israel’s general elections The Likud Party will determine its candidate list for Israel’s upcoming elections.

Claims checked 20
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Topics 3

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What happened

Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries ahead of Israel’s general elections The Likud Party will determine its candidate list for Israel’s upcoming elections.

Why it matters

Israel’s governing Likud Party will hold primaries to choose candidates for the country’s upcoming crunch general election.

Common ground

Likud’s primaries are among the most heated and unruly events in the Israeli political calendar.

Perspective signals

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

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 100% confidence
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
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Selective Omission 70% confidence
Deliberately leaving out important context or facts that would change interpretation.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 20 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Saar was also active in defending the restrictions on humanitarian aid allowed into the enclave that many, including the United Nations, attributed to causing a famine in August 2025.”
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Claim 2: “while in July 2026, he announced plans for new Israeli settlements in the enclave as well as new outposts in the occupied West Bank.”
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Claim 3: “Likud-led governments have waged major wars and military campaigns, including the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the government’s violent response to the Palestinian second Intifada beginning in 2000, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
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While Wikipedia confirms the 1982 invasion of Lebanon and the Second Intifada, the specific phrasing linking these as a pattern of 'Likud-led governments' and the characterization of the current conflict as 'genocide' is not corroborated by the provided evidence (which contains irrelevant Toyota ads for this claim).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The First Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الأولى, romanized: al-Intifāḍa al-’Ūlā, lit. 'The First Uprising'), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada, was a sustained uprising involving violent and n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Intifada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel and the Palestinians are engaged in an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the former territory of Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Second Intifada (Arabic: الانتفاضة الثانية, romanized: al-Intifāḍa aṯ-Ṯāniya, lit. 'The Second Uprising'; Hebrew: האינתיפאדה השנייה, romanized: ha-Intifada ha-Shniya), also known as the Al-Aqsa In…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Intifada
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Claim 4: “Netanyahu has given a spot to tech entrepreneur, restaurateur and TV personality Oren Dobronsky”
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Claim 5: “in 2024 called for new Israeli settlements in the Palestinian enclave.”
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Claim 6: “Likud, the Democrats party, and the left-wing Hadash are among a handful of Israeli parties that allow members to determine who will appear on the list and in what order.”
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The specific list of parties (Likud, Democrats, Hadash) allowing members to determine the list order is found in one web search result. While Hadash primaries are mentioned elsewhere, the grouping is not corroborated by other sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Party Primaries: Registered party members determine the order. Rabbinic Leadership: Ultra-Orthodox parties typically have their lists determined by a Council of Torah Sages (rabbinic council).
https://unpacked.media/israel-elections-2026-a-guide-to-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Likud, the Democrats party, and the left-wing Hadash are among a handful of Israeli parties that allow members to determine who will appear on the list and in what order. Beyond those places earmarked…
https://www.soz6.com/news/netanyahu-s-likud-party-holds-prim…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two parties could sign a surplus vote agreement that allowed them to compete for leftover seats as if they were running together on the same list, a system known as apparentment.Hadash held its party …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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Claim 7: “Veteran politician Haim Katz is another long-term ally of Netanyahu, and like the prime minister, also faces corruption charges.”
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Claim 8: “if Likud got 23.4 percent of the votes, as they did in the last election, the top 32 names on their list would be given seats.”
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Evidence is contradictory. One source states Likud received 23.4% of the vote but equates it to 28 seats, while another source mentions Likud increasing its total number of seats to 32 in a different election cycle (21st Knesset).
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web search NEUTRAL — Likud's candidate Benjamin Netanyahu won the vote for prime minister in 1996 and was given the task of forming a government after the 1996 elections following Yitzak Rabin's assassination.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud
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web search NEUTRAL — Description of the election and results to the 21st Knesset of Israel in 2019.The Likud vote total increased its total number of seats to 32, still one fewer than Blue and White, and reduced the total…
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israeli-electoral-history-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, Israel will hold its 21st general legislative election, giving the country’s 6.34 million eligible voters the opportunity to vote in the 120 members of the next Knesset.The Likud received …
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/261541
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Claim 9: “The right-wing party broke the Labor-left monopoly on Israeli politics when Likud leader Menachem Begin became prime minister following the 1977 general election.”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm that Menachem Begin became prime minister after the 1977 election, ending the long-term rule of the left-wing Alignment/Labor parties.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Labor Party (Hebrew: מפלגת העבודה הישראלית, romanized: ), commonly known in Israel as HaAvoda (Hebrew: העבודה, lit. 'The Labor'), was a Labor Zionist and social democratic political party …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Labor_Party
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative elections were held in Israel on 17 May 1977 to elect the ninth Knesset. For the first time in Israeli political history, the right wing, led by Likud, won a plurality of seats, ending alm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Israeli_legislative_elect…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded the political parties Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Before the creation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Begin
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Claim 10: “The Likud Party will hold primaries to choose candidates for the country’s upcoming crunch general election.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the Likud Party is holding primaries to determine its candidate list for the upcoming general election.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Likud Pride (Hebrew: גאווה בליכוד, romanized: Ga'ava BaLikud) is a conservative LGBT organization founded in 2011 and linked to the Israeli right-wing Likud party. The group's chairman, who is also on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likud_Pride
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Claim 11: “The tech entrepreneur was also active on social media in the wake of the Hamas-led attack of October 2023, saying that all of Gaza should be levelled.”
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Claim 12: “Foreign Minister Gideon Saar would be allowed to appear after a deal when his New Hope party merged with Likud in March 2025.”
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No evidence was found for the claim that Gideon Saar's New Hope party merged with Likud in March 2025.
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Claim 13: “Eight of these are granted through his position as leader and three via deals struck with others in the party.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general biographies of Netanyahu or unrelated news about his trial; none of the sources mention the specific number of seats (8 and 3) granted via leadership or deals.
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web search NEUTRAL — Benjamin Netanyahu, nicknamed "Bibi", 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 2009 to 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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web search NEUTRAL — Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren tells ‘Fox News Live’ Israel is prepared to 'go all out' in another conflict as Netanyahu issues a warning...Ex-Prince Andrew has a new girlfriend de…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ug8atWLGNE
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web search NEUTRAL — Netanyahu is scheduled to testify before the court on December 10 regarding corruption charges.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/court-grants-ne…
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Claim 14: “Defence Minister Israel Katz’s name would also go uncontested”
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Multiple independent news sources (Al Jazeera, The Guardian) explicitly identify Israel Katz as the Israeli Defence Minister.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the attacks targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/hundreds-of-casualti…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz revealed plans to strike Iran in mid-2026.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/30/why-have-the-us-and…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Defence Minister Israel Katz said efforts were underway to encourage “voluntary emigration”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/israeli-plan-to-ext…
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Claim 15: “Likud Constitution Committee Chair Haim Katz would be included through a special deal struck ahead of this year’s primaries.”
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Claim 16: “in which he called US President Donald Trump a “morally corrupt piece of s***.””
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Claim 17: “In October 2023, he [Israel Katz] called for cutting water, electricity and fuel supplies to Gaza, and withholding humanitarian aid until Israeli captives were returned.”
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Claim 18: “Seats in the 120-member Knesset or parliament are then allocated according to each list’s share of the vote.”
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Wikipedia and multiple search results confirm the Knesset has 120 seats and uses a proportional representation system to allocate them based on the party list's share of the vote.
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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 — The Knesset (Hebrew: הַכְּנֶסֶת, romanized: HaKneset [haˈkneset] , lit. 'gathering' or 'assembly'; Arabic: الْكِنِيسِت, romanized: al-Kinīsit) is the unicameral legislature of Israel. The Knesset pas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel's political system is based on proportional representation and allows for a multi-party system with numerous parties represented in the 120-seat Knesset. A typical Knesset includes many faction…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_I…
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Claim 19: “successive Likud governments have actively worked to halt any progress on the two- state solution agreed by Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1990s.”
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This specific claim appears in one web search result ('Netanyahu’s Likud Party holds primaries...'), but the other provided sources (Wikipedia, Britannica) provide general party history without explicitly confirming the active effort to halt the two-state solution in these exact terms.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949), nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 199…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 1948, following the 1947–1948 war in Mandatory Palestine, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, which resulted in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight from…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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Claim 20: “A six-year veteran of Mamram, the Israeli army’s central computing unit, and of Silicon Valley”
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