Otzma Yehudit

Israeli polls split on 2026 Knesset election possibilities, as Yashar, Likud vie for primacy - poll

The bloc averages also show no clear outcome: Netanyahu’s bloc, including Winter, stands at 53.6 seats, compared with 53.4 for the Zionist opposition bloc.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett.
Ra'am party head MK Mansour Abbas leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 29, 2026.

Otzma Yehudit issues request for Ra'am, Abbas to be barred from 2026 Knesset elections

Yishai Fleisher.

Otzma Yehudit places English-speaking public figure Yishai Fleisher at twelfth spot on Knesset list

Moti Leitner with Dr. Nechumi Yaffe.

Haredi Public party reveals first woman in Israel's history running for Knesset with a haredi party


Netanyahu proposes Fogel for intelligence minister, Smotrich opposes

Netanyahu proposed Fogel as intelligence minister, but Smotrich blocked it over coalition issues. The offer was intended to ease tensions between Ben-Gvir and Smotrich.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. January 11, 2023.

Naftali Bennett's attack on Amit Segal could cost him politically - analysis

Bennett's strategy of maintaining silence was effective in the polls. However, the attack on popular Channel 12 journalist Amit Segal might change the course of his political future.

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

Is Israel likely to deteriorate into civil war? - opinion

Retired Supreme Court president Aharon Barak fears that Israel is headed toward civil war.

Israelis protest against Benjamin Netanyhahu's government in Jerusalem, March 23, 2025

First budget bills expected to pass into law overnight

The bills were expected to pass with a comfortable majority, following the return of MK Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party to the government.

 Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 3, 2025.

Knesset approves Ben-Gvir’s return to government, national security minister role

The Knesset is set to approve Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s reappointment despite legal challenges.

 Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 3, 2025.

Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir agree on return to gov't after Israel ends Gaza ceasefire

The announcement comes after Israel renewed strikes on Hamas and PIJ targets in the Gaza Strip. The attorney-general calls Ben-Gvir's reinstatement 'unlawful at this time.'

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, party heads and Ministers of his government attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, in the Israeli parliament on May 23, 2023.

Ben-Gvir strikes budget compromise, abstains on first bill

The abstention means that the government now has a comfortable majority to pass the Economics Arrangements Bill on Wednesday.

 Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 3, 2025.

Far Right MK calls on Elon Musk to investigate US funds improperly used in Israeli affairs

Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer, with help from the Ad Kn organization, appealed to Musk via letter to investigate the distribution of USAID funds.

 Der designierte US-Präsident Donald Trump und Elon Musk beobachten den Start des sechsten Testflugs der SpaceX Starship-Rakete am 19. November 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.

'Joke of the Middle East': Ben-Gvir slams Netanyahu's policy on Gaza deal

“It’s not easy to stand up to the US president, but I would expect the prime minister to stand by our truth," he noted. 

  The man least suited for the job. Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir

Ben-Gvir says chances that Otzma Yehudit returns to gov't increased after Netanyahu-Trump meeting

Ben-Gvir made the statement after Trump's comments on Tuesday regarding the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024