Netanyahu, of the center-right Likud party, has pointedly refused to endorse a two-state solution.
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"There is a government, " Likud spokeswoman Noga Katz was quoted as saying by Reuters news agency.
He had broken with the Likud and set up a new, centrist party, Kadima.
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The new party's principles overlap in several cases with those of Labor and Likud.
"It's unpleasant, " said Einat Wilf, whose Independence party is allied with Netanyahu's ruling Likud.
In the 22 January elections, Likud-Beitenu won 31 of the 120 seats in the Knesset.
If withdrawal is the policy, says Ariel Sharon, Likud's leader, then withdraw at once.
And it has the support of Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Shamir, former Labour and Likud leaders.
Yet Mr Goldberg has uncovered only two instances of the Likud misusing help from such groups.
According to the exit polls, the Likud-Beitenu alliance would now get 31, and Habayit Hayehudi 12.
Likud whips this week were assiduously rehearsing the old saw about hanging together or hanging alone.
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The Likud primaries now will take place some time between June and November next year.
So Livni denies the truth to advance her party's interests and condemns Likud for recognizing reality.
In 1977, Menachem Begin, leader of Israel's right-wing Likud bloc, became the country's sixth prime minister.
He must convince the Israeli electorate to vote for Likud on the basis of these distinctions.
The only government representative who attended the San Remo conference was Likud MK Danny Danon.
The right-wing Likud, led by Binyamin Netanyahu, would jump from 12 seats to 32.
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He tells us that the difference between Kadima and Likud is one of tone, not substance.
Another senior Likud man said he could not have written the speech better himself.
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In fact, his Likud party is in general about as radical as our Republican Party.
Even if he did not, the Likud's ambivalence over the disengagement plan would make campaigning hard.
The new defence minister, Moshe Yaalon, a member of Netanyahu's Likud party, opposes any curbs on settlement-building.
The defence ministry will be headed by former IDF chief of staff, Moshe Yaalon, a Likud member.
Mr Netanyahu, whose Likud-Beitenu alliance does not have a majority, has said he wants a broad coalition.
Likud first came to power in 1977 and for decades afterwards it alternated in government with Labour.
This resulted in Likud falling to fourth place in the election in 2006 with only 12 seats.
On Tuesday evening Mr Netanyahu posted a Facebook message urging Likud supporters to cast their vote.
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Second, I don't think he has the people in Likud that would let him go that route.
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In the outgoing parliament, Mr Netanyahu's Likud party, together with the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu, have 42 seats.
On a strategic level, Netanyahu and Likud have made clear that they stand for three main principles.
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