Netanyahu Meets New Likud Members Following Party Primaries
How 4 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
By מתי טוכפלד
First reported by Srugim · Aug 19, 2026
What happened
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with newly elected Likud Knesset members following the party primaries to welcome them and discuss campaign strategies ahead of upcoming elections. Several new members, including Erez Tadmor and Shlomo Lerner, are less familiar to Netanyahu but bring diverse backgrounds from media, military, and local politics. Netanyahu urged them to engage with their voter bases to mobilize support.
- 01Netanyahu meets new Likud Knesset members after party primaries to prepare for elections.
- 02Several new members are less known to Netanyahu and the public, including some he supported.
- 03Erez Tadmor, a media figure and former Netanyahu speechwriter, is among the new members.
- 04Shlomo Lerner, a reservist and lawyer, campaigned on representing reservists and self-employed citizens.
- 05Other new members include former Safed mayor Shuki Ohana and local politicians Moshe Peretz and Keren Atias Bublil.
- 06Netanyahu encouraged new members to maintain voter contact to energize support before elections.
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