Otzma Yehudit

Election panel clears Otzma Yehudit for October vote after barring Arab slates day earlier

Applications aimed to disqualify Otzma Yehudit from elections alleged denial of Israel’s democratic character and incitement to racism.

Otzma Yehudit party chairman and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a supporters’ conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Netanya, September 1, 2026.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, National Security Minister and chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party tours at Htikva market, in Tel Aviv ahead of the upcoming general elections, September 18, 2026.

Israel Election 2026: What does Itamar Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit stand for?

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir holds a press conference with new Otzma Yehudit MK Tally Gotliv, in Tel Aviv, September 4, 2026

Likud rejects Otzma Yehudit's Ben-Gvir's push for Defense Ministry, Justice Ministry for Gotliv

 MK Ofer Cassif attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on January 30, 2024

Election panel votes to bar Ofer Cassif from Knesset race, Supreme Court review set for next week


MK Eliyahu: Stop excusing it, Jewish support for anti-Israel politics is crisis - opinion

The election of Zoharan Mamdani as mayor of New York highlights a painful and recurring phenomenon: Jews who turn their anger not toward external enemies, but toward their own people.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews from the Neturei Karta community attend a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he delivers an address at the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the U.N. headquarters, in New York, US, September 26, 2025.

Otzma Yehudit blames Likud for exclusion from World Zionist Congress coalition

"The one who signed this disgrace and audacity is none other than the Likud, through the Minister of Culture Miki Zohar," said Periphery Development Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf.

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.

Ben-Gvir clashes with opposition lawmakers at Knesset, calls them 'Hamas spokespeople'

The meeting was held for Ben-Gvir to present information on the work done since the start of his time as minister, along with presenting future plans.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks at the Knesset, October 27, 2025

'On the way to sovereignty': MKs react to preliminary passing of bill to annex Ma'aleh Adumim

The Knesset passed a preliminary vote to apply Israeli sovereignty in Ma’aleh Adumim, prompting praise from right-wing MKs and criticism from Washington, which warned it could threaten the Gaza deal.

MK Avigdor Liberman attends a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, October 22, 2025.

Ben-Gvir gives three-week deadline to advance death penalty for terrorists

“I announce here officially that we demand the first law to be advanced in the current Knesset session be the death penalty for terrorists law,” he said.

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

Killers of Nissim Toledano, Rabbi Raziel Shevach among terrorists to be freed in hostage deal

"If he is the price of returning the hostages," Yael Shevach, Rabbi Raziel's wife, wrote to X/Twitter after hearing the news, "then with love."

 A terrorist holds a weapon as freed Palestinian prisoners are greeted after being released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 1, 2025.

Netanyahu's coalition could revolt as Trump pushes Gaza peace plan in Washington

As President Donald Trump reportedly advances a 21-point framework to end the Gaza war, coalition partners defy the Prime Minister while opposition voices predict imminent collapse.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, September 26, 2025

High Court rejects police officer’s petition against Ben-Gvir, refers case to lower court

The High Court ruled that the petition should have been filed to a lower, more appropriate court, rather than being brought straight before the High Court.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025.

Israelis must 'face reality' of harming hostages in Gaza operations, far Right lawmaker says

Asked about comments made on referring to hostages as prisoners of war, MK Kreuzer said that the quote "exposed media's hypocrisy" on Gaza.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and MK Yitzhak Kreuzer seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

'All of Gaza will be Jewish': Heritage minister claims Israel working to resettle Gaza

"The government is rushing to erase Gaza, and thank God we are erasing this evil. All of Gaza will be Jewish,” Eliyahu stated in the interview.

 Amichai Eliyahu