Likud Party's approach to the Palestinian question in Israel (1973-2021)

With the Likud Party, one of Israel's right-leaning political parties, coming to power in 1977, the era of the country's founding party, the Labor Party, came to an end. This study, which examines the period between the founding of the Likud Party in 1973 and Binyamin Netanyahu's rule in 2021, examines how the Likud Party's Palestine policy was shaped, how this policy evolved over time, and its impact on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By analyzing the ideological foundations of the Likud Party, the discourses of its leaders and the policies implemented by them, the study aims to reveal the party's main approaches to the Palestinian question. The thesis examines Likud's Palestine policy at the time of its establishment and in the following years from a historical perspective, focusing particularly on the policies of prominent leaders such as Menahem Begin, Izak Shamir, Ariel Sharon and Binyamin Netanyahu. In this framework, it details key Palestinian milestones and negotiations, Israel's settlement policies and security strategies. In addition, Likud's role in right-wing coalitions and its relations with other right-wing parties are analyzed to assess the party's position within the overall right-wing bloc. This study aims to understand the continuity and change of the Likud Party in Israeli politics by evaluating its impact on the Palestinian issue. In this context, it aims to provide important contributions on how the approach of right-wing parties in Israel to the Palestinian issue has been shaped and the role of the Likud Party in this process.