The Likud central committee voted on Tuesday to enable Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate mergers with other parties on the Right.
The decision was intended to help enable a deal with Yamina and New Hope to form a government with the Likud.
Netanyahu told the Likud activists that he is making a significant effort to form a right-wing government, because only a right-wing government can deal with the challenges Israel is facing.
"We received hints that a right-wing government could be formed in the current Knesset," the head of the central committee, MK Haim Katz said in the meeting.