Tzachi Hanegbi

Netanyahu meets with Hegseth days before election as Hanegbi backs Liberman

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks as he meets members of the public at a mall, ahead of Israel’s national election, in Ramla, Israel October 19, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, September 28, 2023

'I will vote for Liberman,' Netanyahu's ex-NSC head, Likud stalwart Tzachi Hanegbi declares

SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.

Gov't unanimously approves Shmuel Ben Ezra's appointment to National Security Council

SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.

PM Netanyahu appoints Shmuel Ben Ezra as new National Security Council chief


Netanyahu supports gov't vote on legalizing West Bank outposts

Hanegbi to ‘Post’: Initial list includes 69 communities

Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

Ministerial disconnect from Israeli society - Analysis

Hanegbi has been an MK for more than 30 years and currently enjoys a ministerial salary for an undetermined job in an overinflated government.

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi

The Hanegbi affair: populism and detachment

Hanegbi said that the government was trying to balance various different needs and that it was impossible to throw endless money.

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi

Likud Minister Hanegbi says complaining of hunger is 'populist bulls**t'

The minister-without-portfolio's page on Wikipedia was changed temporarily to open with the words "Tzachi Hanegbi is a corrupt, opportunistic pig."

After saying that complaining of hunger is "populism" and "bullshit," Minister Tzachi Hanegbi's Wikipedia page was changed.

Tzipi Hotovely to be Israel's ambassador to UK – after annexation

Hotovely's decision to become an ambassador will allow Netanyahu to add another minister to his party. Different reports speculate that Tzachi Hanegbi will take Hotovely's place.

Tzipi Hotovely speaks at the Jerusalem Post annual conference in New York

Roger Stone's assoc. sought damaging info on Clinton from Israel

On August 12, the interlocutor tells Stone, “Roger, hello from Jerusalem. Any progress? He is going to be defeated unless we intervene.”

Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, flashes a victory gesture as he departs following a status conference in the criminal case against him brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., February 1, 2019.

Government approves NIS 200m. aid for Druze, Circassian villages

The budget approved is added to the development plan for the years 2016-2019, which received a total budget of NIS 2.2 billion.

The government approved a NIS 200 million aid for Druze and Circassian villages

Death of Geula Cohen signifies the end of a generation says Netanyahu

Cohen was a freedom fighter, former legislator and the mother of Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi.

President Reuven Rivlin with Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi and former MK Geula Cohen

Iran and Israel share barbs over Twitter

Also on Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has ordered an investigation into a strike against a Popular Mobilization Force’s (PMF) base this past weekend.

An Iranian Officer of Revolutionary Guards, with Israel flag drawn on his boots, is seen during graduation ceremony, held for the military cadets in a military academy, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2018

Likud MK condemns attack by Sanders on Netanyahu

"To be right wing is not illegitimate and it is odd that the Democratic Party allows one of its senior members to not respect the democratic choice of the State of Israel."

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi