Avi Maoz

Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer

The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law. 

A Jewish woman prays at the Little Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, February 18, 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, Monday, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem; illustrative.

Rubio: Knesset approval of Israeli sovereignty in West Bank threatens Gaza deal

 Muslim women walk, as Israeli settlers carry Israeli flags next to a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, on the day of the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Hebron's Old City, in the West Bank March 15, 2024.

Knesset approves bill to apply Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank

 MK Avi Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024

France’s Gaza stance fuels antisemitism, far-right Israeli lawmaker says


Thousands of Israeli high schoolers protest judicial reform, Avi Maoz

Avi Maoz was put in charge of the Unit for External Programs and Promoting Partnerships in the Education Ministry a couple of weeks ago.

  Students and faculty at Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts take to the streets to protest the judicial reforms being discussed in the Israeli government on January 26, 2023.

Avi Maoz takes partial control of Israeli education after cabinet approval

The decision, which was part of the coalition agreement between the Likud and Maoz's Noam party, will now be brought before the Knesset.

 MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Israel's democracy is under threat from messianic forces in gov't

Benjamin Netanyahu has empowered messianic forces for whom the democratic Israel envisaged by the Zionist forefathers is anathema.

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

We must save religious Zionism from the Religious Zionist Party - opinion

Do we want a zealous, anti-humanist and anti-democratic Religious Zionist Party alienating Israelis from religious Zionism like the rabbinate does for Judaism?

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses a meeting of his Knesset faction on Monday.

Who are the women of the Israel Air Force?

While many in Israel's new government oppose women serving in the IDF, women in the IAF are busy protecting the country.

 WHILE SOME 600 female cadets pass the preliminary tests of the pilot’s course, about two-thirds drop out in the first year of the intensive three-year course, and only 30 to 40 of those who remain successfully complete the course.

Will the new gov't drastically change the religion-state status quo? - analysis

While there isn't much new in demands by Shas and UTJ, government newcomers in the RZP bloc might be looking to shake up the status quo.

 Benjamin Netanyahu and Avi Maoz meet ahead of coalition negotiations.

Ex-IDF intel chief blasts Maoz for going after IDF women, LGBTQ

The Gender Advisor office was established in recent years after a series of incidents in which commanders and soldiers used their power to sexually assault, harass or otherwise oppress women.

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

LGBTQ+ org. calls for criminal investigation of Noam Party over blacklist

Israeli law forbids "spying on, ambushing or tracking a person's movements or actions" as a form of harassment.

 MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Netanyahu is putting the State of Israel up for sale - opinion

Netanyahu, who is being coerced and has become a hostage in the hands of his tormentors, who smell his weakness. The citizens of Israel are caught in the crossfire.

 Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Avi Maoz's Noam holds 'blacklist' of LGBTQ+ Israelis working in media

Noam's documents singled out LGBTQ+ members from different media outlets in order to show how the "LGBTQ+ lobby" controlled the media.

LGBTQ youth protest against far right Noam party at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem