Itamar Ben-Gvir

Israel Police loosen Temple Mount prayer restrictions for Jewish visitors

Under the new policy, Jewish visitors may enter the site with a single prayer page, provided it is prepared in advance and distributed at the entrance by the Temple Mount Yeshiva.

View of the Temple Mount (Al Aqsa mosque) in Jerusalem's Old City, November 19, 2025.
ISRAELI FORCES demolish the former UNRWA offices in Jerusalem following legislation passed by the Knesset, January 20, 2026.

Jerusalem requires sovereignity: UNRWA dismantling gives Israel power over the land - editorial

A sign that reads "Entering the area is prohibited!" is hung on fencing at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Israel demolishes UNRWA's Jerusalem HQ, but fails to explain why it had to go - comment

Palestinians stand near the rubble in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2026

As Israel pushes back, Gaza becomes testing ground for emerging post-war governance - analysis


Ben-Gvir to Netanyahu: Give Hamas an ultimatum if it continues to delay hostage return

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich commented, "Only military pressure brings back hostages."

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, September 15, 2025.

'Hamas is Hitler': Israeli ministers, US officials clash during gov't meeting to approve Gaza deal

Social Equality and Advancement of Women Minister May Golan also addressed Kushner at the meeting, saying that though Israel wants peace, there is no one on the "other side" who wants it as well.

 (L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff.

Israel-Hamas ceasefire now in effect, Justice Ministry publishes list of terrorists to be released

Merz says Germany to give 29 million euros in Gaza humanitarian aid • US to establish coordination center on Gaza in Israel • IDF announces name of fallen soldier

  Celebrations at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as negotiators set to sign deal freeing all hostages from Gazaץ October 09, 2025.

Likud Minister Miki Zohar: Hostage deal to pass despite Ben-Gvir, Smotrich - exclusive

Zohar expressed his full support for Donald Trump's hostage-ceasefire deal ahead of Israel's security cabinet vote.

Israeli Minister Miki Zohar speaks at The Jerusalem Post's Annual Conference in New York, US, May 19, 2025.

Opposition heads unite to discuss toppling Netanyahu gov’t, backing Trump peace plan

Multiple party heads offered to provide a political safety net to ensure the peace deal passes.

Blue and White leader and MK Benny Gantz arrives for a meeting of opposition party leaders at a hotel in Tel Aviv, October 8, 2025

Yair Lapid offers safety net for PM Benjamin Netanyahu to implement Trump's Gaza deal

Lapid's offer of a safety net thereby allows for the deal to still be implemented regardless of opposition from right-wing ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid delivers a press conference speech at Yesh Atid Party meeting, Sunday, October 5, 2025

'Full of traps': Hezbollah slams Trump's peace plan despite support for upcoming negotiations

Despite this, Hezbollah expressed its support and praised Hamas’s decision to participate in the ceasefire negotiations that will be taking place on Monday.

Mourners attend the funeral of Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit in the Shi'ite armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and senior Hezbollah figure Abu Ali Khalil, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece, Trump says Hamas faces 'obliteration' if it rejects deal

Hamas collecting hostage bodies • Detained flotilla participant accused of biting prison medical staff • Israeli, Diaspora communities commemorate Oct. 7 Massacre anniversary.

Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Ben-Gvir threatens to leave gov't if Hamas left in power, Smotrich says ceasefire deal a 'mistake'

Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich warned that the deal risked leaving Hamas in power.

Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, August 6, 2025

Netanyahu: It was a 'complete lie' that Hamas was ready to release the hostages a year ago

Prior to the address, Netanyahu met with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the at the White House in Washington, DC, September 29, 2025