Otzma Yehudit

Bennett backs Eisenkot as PM as talks with Herzog set for Wednesday

Mossad to provide Shin Bet with assessment of suspected foreign interference in elections • Likud MKs deny that they Yashar members asking them to defect • Liberman denies speakership reports

Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot alongside members of his party at the party’s election headquarters in Tel Aviv, following the closing of polling stations and the release of exit poll results on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.
Yaakov Bardugo, a new member of the Likud party, attends an event presenting the party’s new candidates ahead of the upcoming general elections, in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026.

Who are the high-profile names making their way into politics for the first time? - explainer

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, alongside members of his party, at the party’s election headquarters in Modiin, on Israel’s general election night, October 28, 2026.

'He sent them to the polls': Likud activists blame Ben-Gvir for galvanizing Arab voters

Demonstration at Habima Square in Tel Aviv in support of a Jewish-Arab partnership for the new government.

Likud MKs deny that they Yashar members asking them to defect, Eisenkot sets coalition principles


Knesset’s NSC chairman halts meeting to check on son at Bondi Beach terror attack

Israeli lawmaker Tzvika Fogel’s daughter-in-law and two grandchildren were also at the event. The Otzma Yehudit MK said everyone was okay.

A policeman works at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Australian police said two people were in custody following reports of multiple gunshots on December 14 at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach, urging the public to take shelter.

Bereaved parents call on Ben-Gurion University to dismiss prof. who called IDF soldiers 'murderers'

“Academic freedom does not mean teaching students while calling them baby killers behind their backs,” the letter continued.

 Ben-Gurion University campus in Beersheba, southern Israel. May 28, 2023.

Ben-Gvir’s noose pin shows Israel trading moral clarity for election symbolism - comment

Instead of grappling with the complex challenge of prosecuting the October 7 perpetrators effectively, the conversation veered toward symbolism designed for headlines, not reality.

Head of the Otzma Yehudit faction party Itamar Ben Gvir attends a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.

Ben-Gvir dons golden noose pin as Knesset advances death penalty for terrorists law

“Of course, there is the option of hanging, the electric chair, and there is also the option of lethal injection,” Ben-Gvir explained.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wore a gold pin of a noose, December 8, 2025.

Ben-Gvir advances death penalty for terrorists bill at Knesset, clashes erupt over legality

The issue most debated was the ethical aspects of the bill’s outline, causing the meeting to break out into clashes between Ben-Gvir and the panel.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a Knesset committee meeting on advancing the death penalty for terrorists bill, November 19, 2025.

Ben-Gvir celebrates as death penalty for terrorists bill clears first legislative hurdle

The Knesset has advanced the death penalty for terrorists bill, proposed by Itamar Ben-Gvir, in a 39-16 vote. The bill will now return to committees for further discussion before becoming law.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10, 2025.

MK Eliyahu: Stop excusing it, Jewish support for anti-Israel politics is crisis - opinion

The election of Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York highlights a painful and recurring phenomenon: Jews who turn their anger not toward external enemies, but toward their own people.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Neturei Karta community attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he delivers an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters, in New York, US, September 26, 2025.

Otzma Yehudit blames Likud for exclusion from World Zionist Congress coalition

"The one who signed this disgrace and audacity is none other than the Likud, through the Minister of Culture Miki Zohar," said Periphery Development Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf.

Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar speaks at a ceremony marking the reopening of the newly renovated Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, August 11, 2025.

Ben-Gvir clashes with opposition lawmakers at Knesset, calls them 'Hamas spokespeople'

The meeting was held for Ben-Gvir to present information on the work done since the start of his time as minister, along with presenting future plans.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks at the Knesset, October 27, 2025

'On the way to sovereignty': MKs react to preliminary passing of bill to annex Ma'aleh Adumim

The Knesset passed a preliminary vote to apply Israeli sovereignty in Ma’aleh Adumim, prompting praise from right-wing MKs and criticism from Washington, which warned it could threaten the Gaza deal.

MK Avigdor Liberman attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025.