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

On election night in 1999, after losing to Ehud Barak, Netanyahu congratulated the winner and called on his Likud supporters for calm and unity.

From Time

Economic liberalization began with Likud’s rise to power in 1977 and a decisive shift away from socialism, a process that continued apace under the Labor government of the early 1990s.

From Time

Restoring the Peace Shouldn’t Mean a Return to the Way We Lived Annexation would become the next right-wing idea to move from the fringes to the party in power, Likud.

From Time

Meanwhile, Likud, Netanyahu’s party, and other right-wing groups have blamed the violence on the political discussions led by Lapid.

From Ozy

Five members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party voted in favor of the bill, going against their colleagues.

From Washington Blade

But it certainly contributed, and purposely so, to the defeat of the tough Likud hardliner Yitzhak Shamir in 1992.

From The Daily Beast

Of the twenty Likud members Bibi supposedly leads to some new coalition, he will bring two.

From The Daily Beast

Hollande certainly will get a warmer reception by the Likud and its allies as a result.

From The Daily Beast

The Likud's hilltop youth, headed by (MK) Yariv Levin, are leading Israel into the murky waters of a totalitarian state.

From The Daily Beast

Even Tzahbi Hanegbi, a former Likud politician who is close to PM Netanyahu, has called for a two-state solution.

From The Daily Beast