Sentence examples for likud held from inspiring English sources

As predicted by many, the centrist Kahlon, who had recently left the Likud, held the balance of power.

When the Likud held primary elections last week to choose its list of candidates for the February vote, among the successful candidates were men such as Moshe Feiglin, a settler who advocates annexation of the occupied West Bank and who was banned from entering Britain this year because of his extremist views.

The developments on Sunday came the day before Mr. Sharon's old party, Likud, holds a primary election to select its leader for the national elections.

Only in Jerusalem did the Likud hold on, with Mayor Ehud Olmert winning re-election with 66percentt of the vote, according to the pollsters, who gave a margin of sampling error of 4 to 5percentt.

In the southern desert town of Beersheba, Yitzhak Terner, a former chief of the national police, has been trying to unseat the Mayor in a city where Likud has held power for 10 years.

But although the Likud ministers rallied to Mr. Modai's defense in April, threatening the collapse of the Government and with it the rotation agreement, there appeared to be no such sentiment at a Likud meeting held shortly before the Cabinet session.

The Likud party holds 40 seats in Parliament and Labor holds 39. Speed has not been a usual feature of Israeli coalition negotiations.

For the first time, the two big parties, Labour and Likud, will hold less than half of all seats as 31 parties jostle for votes.

The survey found that if an election were held, his Likud party could gain a seat.

However, Sharon eked out a slim victory, as Likud decided to hold the primary in April by a vote of 52percentto48percentcent, according to Likud officials.

As leader of Likud, Mr. Shamir undoubtedly holds the party's largest following.