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

Shaked may still join Likud even after being vetoed by Sara Netanyahu

"Shaked is strong from an electoral point of view, and this was an opportunity, in my opinion, to strengthen the Likud," said MK Miki Zohar.

JUNE 4, 2019ByMAARIV ONLINE
Ayelet Shaked March 18, 2019 (Courtesy)

MK Zohar files Knesset dispersal bill, 'Liberman commits political suicide'

The plan is for the Knesset to cast its final vote on the bill on Wednesday.

MAY 27, 2019ByALON EINHORN
MK Miki Zohar

Bill to stop Netanyahu corruption indictment reaches Knesset

The immunity bill comes after Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit recommended to indict Netanyahu for three counts of fraud and breach of trust and one of bribery, pending a pre-indictment hearing.

MAY 22, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Netanyahu in a cabinet meeting on May 12, 2019, during which he announced the location of a new town, named after President Trump, to be built in the Golan Heights

Netanyahu-inspired MK immunity bill submitted to Knesset

The bill comes after Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit recommended to charge Netanyahu with three counts of fraud and breach and trust and one of bribery, pending a pre-indictment hearing.

MAY 21, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
The Knesset House Committee discussing the immunity bill proposed by Knesset House Committee Chair MK Miki Zohar

Netanyahu halts controversial immunity bill in Knesset

"Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu does not want the immunity law and he asked MK Zohar not to promote it."

OCTOBER 23, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening session of the Knesset, October 15, 2018

Reality TV song contest gets heated when MK's son competes

Likud lawmaker Miki Zohar tried to pull his son's audition on 'Aviv or Eyal' from the air but was unsuccessful.

JULY 17, 2018ByAMY SPIRO
Miki Zohar

Worrisome legislation: Exposing wrongdoing

What are we afraid of?

MAY 28, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
New court rulings could have ramifications in Israel.

Likud MK compares attacks on Netanyahu to Rabin assassination

Labor lawmakers blast Miki Zohar for equating so-called attempts to depose Netanyahu to the 1995 murder of then prime minister Rabin.

FEBRUARY 19, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on the anniversary of the death of Yitzhak Rabin.

Ethics Committee suspends Zionist Union MK for calling Hazan ‘pimp’

MK Shaffir also suspended, for calling Likud’s Zohar corrupt.

JANUARY 30, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
Zionist Union MKs Michal Biran (left) and Stav Shaffir (right)

Israeli lawmaker: Arab society permits sexual harassment of Jewish women

Miki Zohar says state needs to change the mentality of Arab society when it comes to treatment of women.

NOVEMBER 20, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
MK Miki Zohar