Rafi Peretz
ZAKA chairman loses father to COVID while still sitting shiva for mother
"Death has knocked on our door ... landing stroke after stroke on us. All within 30 days. Our pain is as large as the ocean, who shall heal us?," ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav wrote.
Bayit Yehudi to hold leadership primaries, Netanyahu interferes
Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz leaving politics
Jerusalem Botanical Garden to light up for Winter Lights festival
Waves of criticism continue to flow following Peretz's gay conversion remarks
"Regarding the LGBTQ community, whoever wants to help should hug and accept. People are born this way and can not be converted," Yair Golan claimed.
Bayit Yehudi and National Union agree to run on joint list
Peretz: We need to prevent votes being wasted • Party leaders call on Otzma Yehudit to sign on
Bennett: Cancel ‘unnecessary, divisive' new elections
“Politicians in Israel have become disconnected. They have lost their connection to the public,” said Bennett at the ceremony in the education ministry in Jerusalem Wednesday morning.
Bayit Yehudi keeps Peretz as leader, same electoral list
The central committee also voted to preserve its electoral list from the last elections, and that unity agreements with other parties could be approved within 48 hours.
Diaspora politics
It is no secret that Israel’s ties with Diaspora Jews – particularly those in the United States – are strained today, even more so than in the past.
URP set to have first coalition talks meeting after infighting
Part of the disagreements were due to opposition in Bayit Yehudi to some of Smotrich’s demands, saying he was being overly aggressive.
URP leaders vote in Israel's election; Smotrich slams Netanyahu and Gantz
"Are we extremists? Religious Zionists can die on the battlefield, but not hold the education and justice portfolios [in government]?" Smotrich asked.
Union of Right-Wing Parties
Union of Right-Wing Parties (URP) made a last-minute campaign promise, saying they will reduce the supplementary payments parents will have to pay for children in religious-Zionist schools.
URP’s Peretz apologizes for comparing gay people to dogs
“I have two dogs. Do they also need a pride parade?” Peretz said, according to Srugim, a religious-Zionist news site.