There is much criticism regarding the Likud list following the primaries, with Kadima applauding, Shas criticizing, and party leader Binyamin Netanyahu announcing to Silvan Shalom, who moved from the second to seventh slot, that the number play no role in his decision-making process regarding cabinet posts. Shortly following the election, Netanyahu announced that Shalom, his political nemesis, will play a role in the next government. This same holds true for one of his all-stars, Dan Meridor, who landed the seventeenth slot, but nevertheless is marked for a cabinet post.

Following is a breakdown of the party’s first 35 candidates, who according to recent polls may enter the 18th Knesset.

GENDER

29 males
6 females

AGE

26 people over 40
9 under 40

VETERAN/NEW

18 veteran party members
12 new members
5 all-stars

ETHNICITY

22 Ashkenazim
12 Sephardim
1 Druse

IDEOLOGY

18 – moderate right-wing
17 – stauncher right-wing

RELIGIOUS PRACTICE

25 – non Shomer Shabbos
7 – Shomer Shabbos
3 – traditional

The list of 35 in numerical order from top to bottom:

1)Binyamin Netanyahu
2)Gideon Saar
3)Gilad Erdan
4)Reuven Rivlin
5)Binyamin Begin
6)Moshe Kahlon
7)Silvan Shalom
8)Moshe Ya’alon
9)Yuval Shteinitz
10)Leah Ness
11)Yisrael Katz
12)Yuli Edelstein
13)Limor Livnat
14)Chaim Katz
15)Yossi Peled
16)Michael Eitan
17)Dan Meridor
18)Tzipi Chotovli
19)Gila Gamliel
20)Moshe Feiglin
21)Ze’ev Elkin
22)Yariv Levin
23)Tzion Fenian
24)Miki Ratzon
25)Ayoub Kara
26)Danny Danoun
27)Carmel Shema
28)Ofir Okunus
29)Ehud Yatom
30)Alilai Adbeso
31)Yitzchak Daninu
32)David Abu-Tzur
33)Kati Sheetrit
34)Miri Regev
35)Sagiv Asulin

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)