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Only Two Women Among Top 20 in Likud Primaries as 94.2% Votes Counted
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By מורן אזולאי
First reported by Ynet · Aug 18, 2026
What happened
With 94.2% of votes counted in the Likud primaries, only two women are in the top 20, while new candidate Almog Cohen ranks eighth.
- 0194.2% of votes counted in Likud primaries so far.
- 02Only two women, Miri Regev and Tali Gottlieb, are in the top 20 spots.
- 03Almog Cohen, a new candidate from Otzma Yehudit, is in eighth place.
- 04Minister Amichai Shikli is ranked ninth.
- 05The top 20 includes reserved spots in the party list.
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