Yoaz Hendel

Tropper-Hendel alliance to demand National Security Ministry portfolio in next gov't

Former ministers Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel vowed at the launch of The Zionist Home-The Reservists party to establish a “broad Zionist government” if they were to join a coalition.

Former ministers Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel unveil the platform of their newly launched The Zionist Home-The Reservists party on August 5, 2026.
Photo illustration | Potential center-right political players Dedi Simchi, Ayelet Shaked, Yoaz Hendel, Gilad Erdan, Ofer Winter, Benny Gantz and Yuli Edelstein.

Editor's Notes: The argument splitting religious-Zionist households before Israel’s election

Chairman of the “Together” party and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 20, 2026.

Bennett losing ground as Eisenkot, Netanyahu neck-and-neck for upcoming elections - poll

Yoaz Hendel, head of the Reservists' Party and a former minister, holds a press conference outside Kibbutz Retamim in the central Negev Desert, southern Israel, in February, 2026.

Two neighbors, four seats, and the one that decides Israel's next government - analysis


Will the government succeed in breaking up Haredi autonomy in Israel?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel

Breaking Israel's haredi autonomy via kosher phones - interview with Yoaz Hendel

How the Communications Minister became the unexpected leader of the fight for equality under law, and haredi society’s public enemy No. 1.

 Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel

Price of Israeli landline phone service to drop by 40%

Landline phone service in Israel will become about 40% cheaper over the next two years.

 Landline home phone (Illustrative)

Benjamin Netanyahu is like an Israeli false messiah - Minister Hendel

Yoaz Hendel on Benjamin Netanyahu: "What I see is a kind of Shabtai Zvi, where people think whatever he says is the truth."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touches the stones of the Western Wall

‘Kosher’ cellphone service faces day of reckoning

Rabbinically supervised services have created a control mechanism for societal purposes and commercial interests that Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel seeks to break up.

 Smartphone with Google and Amazon apps are seen placed on keyboard in this illustration picture taken on June 25, 2021.

Israeli minister's social network regulation committee underway

The committee, headed by Communication Ministry director-general Liran Avishar Ben-Horin, was given 90 days to submit its interim conclusions to Communications Minister Hendel.

 BROKEN ETHERNET CABLES are seen in front of Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger logos in an illustrative photo taken this week.

Israeli minister attends Shabbat services at NY Conservative synagogue

Yoaz Hendel, who is Orthodox, attended the Sutton Place Synagogue in order to make a point about inclusivity and Israel’s ties with Diaspora Jews of all denominations.

COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER and Derech Eretz Party chairman Yoaz Hendel.

Israeli minister, UN chief agree to combat antisemitism online

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel, who was also present at the meeting, said Israel will be a "pioneer in a global war for the truth."

 (L-R) Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel andUN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN's New York headquarters on October 22, 2021

Israeli minister warns as US presses on China ties: 'We are in a 5G cold war'

'We are currently in a new, unfamiliar type of war – a 5G cold war,' Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel said at the Cybertech New York conference.

Workers install 5G telecommunications equipment on a T-Mobile tower in Seabrook, Texas. May 6, 2020

Israel to hold social media companies liable for content - editorial

Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel plans to establish a committee to investigate how social media companies censor and present content and possibly hold them legally accountable.

 Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel speaks during a plenary session at the assembly of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, July 14, 2021.