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Ben Caspit speaks this week with Knesset member for the Likud party Nir Barkat. The legislator just came back from a tour in the United States, where he campaigned against the Iranian nuclear program. Barkat argues that the Iranians do not hide their desire to annihilate Israel, and thus the international community should not try to conclude any deal with them. "You don’t make a deal with someone who wants to take you out of business. They want to destroy Israel, so what kind of a deal ca...

It is time to remove “Liberal” from the party name. Today, the Likud stands for one thing and one thing only: how to keep its leader out of court and jail.

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Nir Barkat, former mayor of Jerusalem and current member of Israel's Knesset, warned that Iran poses too big of a threat to Israel for the Jewish state not to take action.

Likud leader reportedly agrees to move in bid to pressure ultra-Orthodox factions to again run together on United Torah Judaism list in upcoming elections

From the blog of Jonah Naghi at The Times of Israel

Senior Likud members claimed former PM plans to fire Gali Baharav-Miara, installed by outgoing government, if party wins November elections

Senior MK for opposition chief's party says Gali Baharav-Miara should be replaced by someone 'whose worldview aligns with the right'; Likud says opinion is Barkat's alone

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Official Kyiv expects from the State of Israel uncompromising, clear and unequivocal condemnation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk said this during a meeting with Israeli Knesset member Nir Barkat, according to the Facebook page of the Embassy of Ukraine in Israel.