Religious Zionist Party

Middle Israel: Smotrich’s crushing Knesset defeat exposes the finance minister's limits - opinion

Smotrich is a light-year away from the Israeli consensus. Why does a man who represents but a marginal, detached, and minuscule part of Israeli society sit on its national chest?

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
EVEN BEZALEL Smotrich’s rivals agree that he is a smart man who studies complex issues quickly and knows how to make decisions. Here, the finance minister leads a faction meeting at the Knesset on Monday.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett seen in an illustrative

Bennett addresses leaked recording controversy: 'Ben-Gvir has no place in my government'

The change from the recording's phrase "I do not boycott" to the X post "There is no place for him in my government" is not just a semantic change; it represents a shift in Bennett's stance.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026

Former PM Naftali Bennett won't boycott Ben-Gvir or Smotrich, leaked recordings reveal

In addition to saying he would not boycott the far-right ministers, Bennett was heard in the recordings describing Ben-Gvir as a "very unserious person" and Smotrich as "very combative."

|ByKESHET NEEV
THE RABBINICAL Court’s Division for Agunot in Jerusalem.

Knesset panel advances bill to expand rabbinical courts’ power over civil matters

Critics have warned of the bill's democratic implications, including those involving women's rights, which may deepen the rift between the haredi and secular communities.

|ByKESHET NEEV

There is more than one religious Zionism - opinion

The implication that The Religious Zionist Party represents all religious Zionists, as well as religious Zionism, is patently untrue. Rather, they hijacked it.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023ByZACK ROTHBART
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses a pre-Rosh Hashanah party event, in Jerusalem last week.

Smotrich to Hayut: 'You dare to invalidate a Basic Law, the responsibility is yours'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich spoke at the right-wing pro-judicial reform demonstration in Jerusalem on Thursday night.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Finance Minster Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a pro-reform rally in Jerusalem, September 7, 2023.

Racism has infested Israel's religious Zionists and must be fought - opinion

In no uncertain terms, it must be demonstrated to the Israeli public at home and to those who look at us from the outside that racism has no place among us.

AUGUST 31, 2023BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media at the Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem on, January 28, 2023.

Israel's 'religious' Jewish parties want to destroy democracy, morality - opinion

Religious and secular Jews need to work together to take back Judaism from the present institutional leadership’s destructive grasp.

AUGUST 22, 2023ByYITZ GREENBERG
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, and Shas party head MK Arye Deri attend a meeting in the Knesset in May on the state budget.

Smotrich freezes NIS 200m. destined for Arab sector

Many Arab communities currently lack classrooms and schools – approximately 305 are needed throughout the country – and part of the grant was intended for constructing schools.

AUGUST 6, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.

Religious Zionism to merge with Jewish Home

Jewish Home has millions of shekel in debt, which the joint party will now share the burden of together.

AUGUST 3, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is seen at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, in Jerusalem, on July 19, 2023.

Is a crisis brewing in Netanyahu's coalition? - analysis

Could Netanyahu be putting the government’s stability in the hands of the people who want him out?

AUGUST 3, 2023ByTROY O. FRITZHAND
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are among cabinet ministers attending a state budget meeting, earlier this year.

Right-wing Israeli caucus pushes for return to 1967 war strategy

The Israel Victory Caucus, comprising right-wing lawmakers and security officials, advocates for a significant change in Israel's conflict resolution strategies.

AUGUST 3, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE, HANNAH LEVIN/THE MEDIA LINE
Rabbi Leo Dee speaks at a meeting of the Israel Victory Caucus, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023.

Likud minister says 'zealots' pushing 'extreme legislation' and protests

Aliyah Minister Ofir Sofer also called for restraint by coalition members to restore calm and strengthen solidarity.

JULY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his cabinet in Jerusalem.

Senior member of Religious Zionist party jabs at Ben-Gvir

"They will eat salads," he sniped, "create provocations, and divide the nation, while we will continue to lead the judicial system's reform responsibly."

JULY 24, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Head of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee Simcha Rothman speak as lawmakers gather at the Knesset plenum to vote on a bill that would limit some Supreme Court power, in Jerusalem July 24, 2023.