Gilad Kariv

'A national disgrace': Netanyahu, MKs decry rabbi who hurled abuse at Zamir at anti-draft rally

On Monday, the rabbi verbally attacked Zamir, saying, "may his name and memory be erased," after a soldier was sent to prison because he wore a 'Messiah' patch.

|ByTZVI JASPER
ULTRA-ORTHODOX Jewish men attend a rally against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with military recruitment orders, in Bnei Brak, June 29, 2026.
A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

Government to offer cash reward for information on Haymanut Kasau in long-delayed public campaign

The campaign is expected to appear on billboards and social media, along with the cash reward for anyone who provides information leading to her location.

|ByBATYA GILADI
Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter the President residence in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.

Amb. to US Yechiel Leiter condemns MK May Golan's 'disgusting' remarks on Reform Judaism

This comes after Golan accused Reform Rabbi and MK Gilad Kariv of "officiating dog weddings in your delusional synagogues."

|ByYANIR YAGNA, IDAN KWELLER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Young Jewish men holding Israeli flags as they dance at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

Gilad Kariv warns of potential violence during Jerusalem Day flag march

"To our regret, this parade - which ends with a mass rally in the Western Wall Square - has become an arena for acts of violence, hatred, looting, and racism in recent years," he wrote in a letter.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Labor MK Kariv to Senator Schumer: 'We thank you for your leadership, courage'

Kariv also said that Schumer's words "introduced us to a different type of Jewish and Zionist leadership."

MARCH 19, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Gilad Kariv speaks during a discussion in the Knesset, on July 23, 2023

Netanyahu seeks to plug leaks with legal action against journalists

The Union of Journalists in Israel attacked the plan saying it was anti-democratic and would harm press freedoms, with "no equal" in democratic countries.

FEBRUARY 16, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference about the Gaza war late last year

Netanyahu 'ignored most crucial aspects of Israel's future in UNGA speech'

Opposition head Yair Lapid attacked the PM, saying Netanyahu "ignored the fact that Israel is being torn apart due to his government."

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, New York, US, September 22, 2023

Israeli opposition MK bashes Rothman's 'chutzpah' over judicial reform bill

Likud MK Moshe Saada said that reasonableness is a complex issue, but decried those that engaged in rioting.

JUNE 27, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023

Breaking the taboo on sexual abuse in all communities - opinion

Shame is a weapon used by abusers and predators across the social and religious spectrum, and we have got to take it away from them.

JUNE 18, 2023ByDANIEL GOLDMAN
YAEL SHERER, a survivor of domestic sexual abuse and founder of the Lobby for the Fight Against Sexual Violence, was one of the torchlighters at the Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl last year.

Let them eat cake: What's at stake with Israel's controversial Hametz law?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Why are hospitals being targeted with a new law banning Hametz over Passover? How will it affect staff, and is there a halachic basis for it?

APRIL 1, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES
BURNING HAMETZ in Jerusalem before the start of Passover.

Grapevine February 24, 2023: Celebrating Kosovo’s independence

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Fleur Hassan Nahoum, Gil Haskel, Ines Demiti and MK Boaz Bismuth.

Confidential meeting on judicial reform security impact set for Wednesday

Wednesday's session focused on a bill to limit judicial review to a full bench of High Court of Justice justices in full consensus, and an override clause.

FEBRUARY 15, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
MK Simcha Rothman is seen gesturing amid a chaotic session of the Knesset Law and Constitution Committee in Jerusalem during a debate on judicial reform, on February 13, 2023.

Politicians will need approval to enter schools - Education Minister Kisch

Previous Education Minister Shasha-Biton called the move a 'giant step towards dictatorship'.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Likud MK Yoav Kisch

Western Wall: Chaos breaks out between guards, Women of the Wall

A dispute broke out between the guards at the Western Wall and Women of the Wall after MK Kariv tried to hand a Torah scroll to the latter.

DECEMBER 25, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Women of the Wall read from a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on the seventh day of Hanukkah, December 25, 2022.