Miki Zohar

Knesset rejects Yesh Atid bill to nationalize KKL, Lapid accuses rivals of 'corruption'

Lapid cited systemic corruption “of the worst kind” as the reason for leaving.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Opposition leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.
FIGURE SKATER Mariia Seniuk, selected as Israel’s flag bearer, faces uncertainty over her participation in the 2026 Winter Olympics next month in Italy due to a passport issue, a bureaucratic fiasco affecting much of the blue-and-white delegation.

No Minister, no passport: Bureaucracy risks Israel’s 2026 Winter Olympic dreams

“If these athletes cannot represent Israel, the delegation will almost not exist. That would be a major failure and a crying shame for generations,” said an Israeli Olympic Committee official.

|ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar speaks at a ceremony marking the reopening of the newly renovated Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, August 11, 2025.

Israeli film awards proceed as boycotting nominees reverse course

Filmmakers who withdrew from the culture ministry’s film awards will participate after a compromise was reached amid threats to reform the Cinema Law.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 13, 2020.

Israeli film industry in turmoil as Culture Ministry awards ignite backlash 

Israeli cinema is heading for a showdown as the culture minister threatens funding and sparks boycotts.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Miki Zohar investigated for alleged extortion of A-G Mandelblit

Zohar suggested in response that the investigation has to do with him being a right-wing politician.

NOVEMBER 5, 2020ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 13, 2020.

Knesset rejects amendment for canceling tax exemption for Netanyahu

"During an unprecedented economic crisis, it doesn't make sense for the prime minister to enjoy a total tax exemption for benefits provided to him by the state coffers."

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Government-Knesset Liaison Dudi Amsalem spoke on behalf of the government and criticized MK Mickey Levy for proposing the amendment, November 4, 2020.

The taming of the Likud? – analysis

What is the truth?

OCTOBER 29, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset.

Miki Zohar: Budget on hold due to political considerations

Finance Minister Israel Katz responded to Zohar's statement in a tweet, saying that his words do not represent the position of the Finance Ministry.

OCTOBER 21, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Miki Zohar, 2019.

MKs Regev and Zohar caught acting as blackmailers -opinion

An interesting question is whether Regev and Zohar represent today’s Likud in their conduct, or only a fanatic group that blindly supports Netanyahu’s approach.

OCTOBER 18, 2020BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset.

Likud coalition chairman threatens A-G to cancel Netanyahu indictments

"If Mandelblit does not resign and dismiss the indictments we will reveal more things."

OCTOBER 14, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN, TZVI JOFFRE
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 13, 2020.

World Likud reunites in effort to oust KKL head Atar

Zohar said the details of the reconciliation still needed to be worked out but that the World Likud, the largest faction in the WZO, would no longer be split.

OCTOBER 14, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud parliament member Miki Zohar reacts during an arrangements committee meeting at the Knesset.

Coalition chair Zohar: Likud not obligated to rotation deal with Gantz

Finance Minister Katz says 2021 budget only ready for review by December, meaning 2021 budget deadline would be missed again.

OCTOBER 11, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Israel Katz chats with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting

When Netanyahu and Gantz's indecisiveness kills - analysis

Those who wanted to close down one and not the other dug in their heels and issued threats, while those who wanted to compromise were drowned out by their louder counterparts at the extremes.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz hold a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 27, 2020.

Netanyahu fails to take over World Likud

In a convention of the World Likud assembly that took place online, incumbent World Likud chairman Yaakov Hagoel defeated Netanyahu's candidate, coalition chairman Miki Zohar.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 30, 2020.