Zvi Sukkot

Smotrich to send Israel to elections should Gaza plan remain unchanged, RZP source tells 'Post'

Finance Minister and RZP head Bezalel Smotrich, along with MK Zvi Sukkot, threatened elections in protest of Netanyahu's recent cabinet decision on the occupation of Gaza.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (R) and MK Zvi Sukkot (L) attending a conference in the Knesset regarding occupying parts of the Gaza Strip and re-establishing Jewish settlements in the enclave, July 22, 2025; illustrative.
 (From R-L) Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, MK Zvi Sukkot, MK Limor Son Har-Melech, Settler activist Daniella Weiss, attend a Gaza settlement conference at the Knesset, July 22, 2025.

Smotrich: IDF chief told me Israel must annex northern Gaza for 'security purposes'

 MK Almog Cohen reacts at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem during a petition to allow medical treatment for Hamas terrorists, July 1, 2024.

Almog Cohen resigns from gov’t over Nevatim airport law

 MK ZVI SUKKOT protests last week at the Sde Teiman military base, against the detention of reserve soldiers suspected of sexually abusing an imprisoned Hamas terrorist. There’s a growing population that believes the law doesn’t apply to them, says the writer.

Ministers, two MKs summoned for investigation of Sde Teiman breach, two refuse summons


'No need to obey High Court if it supports Netanyahu's removal from position,' Zvi Sukkot says

Sukkot's comments came following Bar's submission of an affidavit to the High Court on Monday against his dismissal by the government. 

 Former MK Zvi Sukkot in Jerusalem. February 6, 2025.

Israel Police: No investigation into Sde Teiman breach until official request made

"We regret that the attorney's office and the Attorney-General have chosen to communicate with the Israel Police through the media rather than in a direct and transparent manner," the statement read.

 Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara attends the Knesset in Jerusalem. November 18, 2024.

A-G approves investigation into MKs Sukkot, Vaturi over breaking into Sde Teiman base

This comes after a July incident where military police arrested reservists on suspicion of sexually assaulting detained a Nukhba terrorist.

 MK Zvi Sukkot breaks into the Sde Teiman facility, July 29, 2024.

Bill allowing Jewish settlement in Gaza put to Knesset, coalition MKs plan to 'right injustice'

Ahead of Thursday's visit, Sukkot said "the renewal of settlement in Gaza is above all a matter of righting historical injustice."

Illustration: MKs Zvi Sukkot, Limor Son Har-Melech and Avichai Boaron in front of the Gaza border

Religious Zionist MK calls settler violence 'a drop in the ocean' compared to Arab terrorism

Zvi Sukkot, who participated in the Sde Teiman riots, called settler violence a marginal phenomenon compared to Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank.

 Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionist Party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem ,January 23, 2023.

Walla reveals the Shin Bet alerted Israel Police that Israelis planned to break into Beit Lid base

The protesters arrived at the Sde Teiman base after Military Police Criminal Investigation Division soldiers, masked, arrested several reservists on suspicion of sexual abuse of a Nukhba terrorist.

  Protesters wave Israeli flags outside Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli Military Police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

MKs, rioters break in at Sde Teiman, Motta Gur bases in protest of detention of IDF reservists

MK Zvi Sukkot, who was originally barred from entering, was able to enter through a narrow opening in the fence. 

 Demonstrators outside Motta Gur base in Beit Lid, where detained IDF reservists are being interrogated, July 29, 2024.

Civil Administration to freeze approx. 80 thousand employment permits for Palestinian workers

The permits have become a tool for the illegal infiltration of thousands of workers into Israeli territory, according to Kan News.

 Palestinian workers at an Israeli checkpoint in Tulkarm, West Bank, August 21, 2022.

Zvi Sukkot: 'After the war - we will promote settlement in the Gaza Strip'

When asked who would be in charge of Gaza after the war, Zvi Sukkot said, "I can tell you who would not be, not the PA, not Hamas, and not any other party that will commit terrorism."

 Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionist Party meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem ,January 23, 2023.

'Violation of human rights': Israeli MK attacks UK settler sanctions in BBC interview

In response to recent sanctions led by the US, Britain, and France, MK Zvi Sukkot interviews on the BBC calling the sanctions an expression of distrust in Israeli legal and enforcement systems.

 MK Zvi Sukkot interviews for the BBC in light of sanctions on settlers

'My son was kidnapped because of him': Hostage's father screams at MK

Yuval Or, whose son Dror was abducted to Gaza, shouted and chased away a Religious Zionist MK who had come to offer support to the hostages' families.

 People attend 24-hour rally for hostages marking 100 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2024