Religious Zionist Party

Umm el-Fahm schools close in protest of MK Zvi Sukkot visit

Schools across Umm el-Fahm closed as residents protested Sukkot’s inspection, while he alleged terrorist linked figures were entering classrooms.

Knesset Education Committee chair MK Zvi Sukkot visits Umm el-Fahm, June 28, 2026.
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, holds a press conference with the party’s new member Yoram Cohen in Tel Aviv, May 5, 2026.

Eisenkot files petition demanding Smotrich remove 'manipulative' AI-generated video

Ayelet Shaked attends the Tel Aviv conference, at Tel Aviv University on May 7, 2025.

Edelstein, Shaked approached about party targeting dissatisfied right-wing, modern Orthodox voters

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector has been protesting over the attempts to draft young haredi men into the military.

Shas pushes tone-deaf Torah study law while soldiers die in Lebanon, Gaza - comment


Four MKs apply to vacant Judicial Selection Committee spot as repeat vote nears

The opposition does not intend to appoint one of its members to the committee, but put forward two candidates in order to prevent an attempt by the coalition to delay the vote once again.

 The Law Committee votes on changes to the Judicial Selection Committee.

Israeli settlement founder Rabbi Riskin talks 40 years of Efrat

The ‘Magazine’ sat down with founding father Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin and wife Vicky to discuss the celebrated realization of their vision, and their concerns.

 Rabbi Shlomo Riskin laid the cornerstone for Efrat in 1980, occupancy began in 1983.

Shas, Otzma Yehudit face off over controversial Chief Rabbinate bills

Shas controls both offices that have the most influence on religious services – the Religious Affairs Ministry and the Interior Ministry.

 Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security and head of the Otzma Yehudit political party gives a press statement during a party meeting in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, May 3, 2023.

61% of Israelis support equal rights for LGBTQ people - poll

Among Otzma Yehudit and Religious Zionist party voters, support for same-sex marriage increased substantially.

Israeli flag and rainbow flag being waved at Tel Aviv Pride Parade, June 25 2021

Shield and Arrow: Anti-gov't protests canceled in Israel as fighting continues

The protests have taken place every Saturday night for much of the year and regularly draw tens of thousands of people.

 Israelis protest against the government's judicial reform legislation for the 17th week, April 29, 2023.

Senior religious Zionist Rabbi: Rift in Judaism, Israel is dangerous

In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Rabbi David Stav stated that Religious Zionism became a cause for separation rather than a bridge "as it used to be."

Le Rav David Stav

Netanyahu's Likud faction votes to approve 'softening' of judicial reform

According to the new proposal, the Judicial Appointments Committee will include 11 members instead of the current nine, while six out of the eleven will come from coalition parties.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2023

Israel must seize all funds donated to victims of Huwara settler violence - coalition MK

Left-wing activist Yaya Fink started an online crowdfunding campaign for the Arabs of Hawara and raised over 1.5 million shekels.

 MK Zvi Sukkot attends a Religious Zionist Party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem ,January 23, 2023

Israeli gov't approves Ministerial Committee on Aliyah and Integration

The committee will be chaired by Ofir Sofer and will include a number of ministers, most of whom support amending the Law of Return

 SOFER: I AM aware of the sensitivities [of the ‘grandchild clause’], and when the amendment is made, it will be done in a very sensitive way, with a lot of listening to Diaspora Jewry and a broad public discourse.

IDF dismantles Religious Zionists MK's 'office' set up in Evyatar

The field office was a preparatory measure for the settler rally scheduled to take place in Evyatar on Thursday afternoon.

 Religious Zionist Party MK Zvi Sukkot joins settlers to reestablish the Evyatar outpost, on February 27, 2023.