Religious Zionists

Gaps narrow between coalition, opposition blocs as security is spotlighted in public agenda - poll

According to the poll, the coalition bloc gained two seats this week, rising to 51, while the Zionist opposition bloc fell by two seats to 53. 

Inside the Knesset building.
A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion

Israelis hold a solidarity rally for American Jews due to a wave of antisemitic attacks in the US.

Zionist education must teach students to understand, not fear, Zionism - opinion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Majority believe Israel should help Saudis against Houthis as Likud continues downward trend - poll


A look at the religious Zionist education in Jerusalem

The Religious Zionist community makes up about 23% (or 130,000) of the city’s total Jewish residents, and their children have approximately 82 state-run religious elementary and high schools.

 HARTMAN STUDENTS, hard at work.

Religious Zionist rabbis call to boycott Strauss Group products

The letter was issued after the Strauss Group announced it would stop advertising on Channel 14 after right-wing pundit Ari Shamai called for Yigal Amir's release, who murdered Yitzhak Rabin.

 THE STRAUSS Elite candy factory in Nazareth.

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.

 Rabbi Leo Dee speaks at a meeting of the Israel Victory Caucus, at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023.

Push for Saudi peace increases pressure for Israeli concessions to Palestinians

Minister warns entire right wing opposes settlement freezes and withdrawals; Hanegbi: There is still a long road ahead.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 6, 2023

Remembering Jerusalem's Rabbi Sholom Gold, a passionate Zionist - opinion

He was constantly challenging the Torah-observant (Orthodox) community in North America to get serious about immigrating in droves to Israel.

 RABBI SHALOM GOLD

Israel can't be both a Jewish state and a liberal democracy - opinion

Israel has never been, nor can it ever be, a liberal democratic Jewish state because it is built on the idea of Jewish supremacy over Palestinians.

 Israeli settlers gather during a scuffle with Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron, November 19, 2022.

Israel's extreme religious Zionists don't recognize the value of women - opinion

This week, it became blatantly clear that the more extreme elements of religious Zionism have yet to recognize the valuable and even crucial contribution women can make.

 Channel 14 workers and supporters protest against Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid outside Tel Aviv Government Complex on October 11, 2022.

Why are Israel's Jews resenting their own people? - opinion

What has gone wrong? Why are committed Jews, those for whom our traditions were blood-beatingly entrenched and revered, now resenting our own religion?

 IMAGE FROM an ad – just one example of the erasure of women and girls.

What are the Ten Commandments for religious Zionists? - opinion

These are our core values. In the long term, compromising these values is never worth it. Values are far more important than any fleeting issue.

 WE SHOULD be proud the IDF is a moral army – God certainly is (Pictured: IDF fair as part of Israel’s 75th Independence Day celebrations, on April 26).

Israel is divided – can we learn to live and adapt? - opinion

We need to adopt a new way of thinking; one in which all segments of the population – from the river to the sea – can sit round the table together.

 THE ‘STATE’ OF Tel Aviv and the ‘state’ of Jerusalem: Thoughts on dividing Israel into separate cantons or sub-states have begun to appear, says the writer.