Likud

[lee-kood, lee-kood]

noun

1. a conservative political party in Israel, founded in 1973.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Likud¹

From the Hebrew word likkūdh literally, consolidation

Example Sentences

And he answers those questions this way: “It actually has an identifiable source. In 1996, Netanyahu, then Likud party leader, commissioned the policy document ‘A Clean Break, A New Strategy for Securing the Realm,’ whose lead drafters were neoconservatives Richard Perle and Douglas Feith, co-architects of the disastrous U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.”

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It’s fair to observe, however, that they have close ties to Israel’s security and intelligence establishment and both have worked for the Jerusalem Post, an English-language newspaper generally aligned with Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party.

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In a fractured political system where coalition building is key in the 120-seat Knesset, Netanyahu's Likud Party would fall well short of a majority by itself and could struggle to pull together support from smaller parties on the right, suggests latest polling in the Ma'ariv newspaper.

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Among the stream of ministers visiting the site today was Culture Minister Miki Zohar, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.

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Among the stream of ministers visiting the site today to express their outrage was Culture Minister Miki Zohar, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party.

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