What is Likud?
[[File:Likud Logo.svg|thumb|Logo of Likud]] '''Likud''' ({{lang-he|הליכוד}} - HaLikud, meaning ''The Consolidation'', official name: ''HaLikud-National Liberal Movement'', commonly called ''Likud''), is an [[Israel]]i [[political party]]. Its [[ideology]] is [[right-wing]] [[Conservatism|conservative]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Bruce|last=Bueno de Mesquita|page=69|title=Principles of International Politics|publisher=SAGE|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/conservativechri0000utte/page/29 29]|title=Conservative Christians and Political Participation|url=https://archive.org/details/conservativechri0000utte|year=2004|first=Glenn|last=Utter|publisher=ABC-CLIO}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=192|first=Karim|last=El-Gendy|title=The Process of Israeli Decision Making|year=2018|publisher=Al-Zaytouna Centre}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last= Neack |first= Laura |date= 2018 |title= Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively |publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |page= 43 |isbn= 9781538109632}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date= 2022 |title= The Middle East: From Transition to Development |publisher= Brill |page= 64 |isbn= 9789004476677}}</ref> [[nationalist]], and [[Zionist]]. Political leader is [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] ([[Prime Minister of Israel]], 1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–). Likud was founded in [[1973]] as a result of an alliance (and later on a merger in 1988) of six liberal and nationalist parties, like [[Gahal]], [[Herut]] and the [[Liberal Party (Israel)|Liberal Party]]. Founders were [[Menachem Begin]] and [[Yitzhak Shamir]], who both became Prime Minister of Israel. Number of seats in the 25th [[Knesset]]: 32 (+3). Participating in the [[Fourth Netanyahu Government]] and the [[Netanyahu-Gantz Government]]. == References == {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Official website|http://www.likud.org.il}} {{Israeli political parties}} {{Politics-stub}} [[Category:1973 establishments]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Israel]] [[Category:Political parties in Israel]] [[Category:Zionis