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Israel’s new coalition shouldn’t write off American Jewry

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It may be that some of the statements emanating from certain partners in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government are more a function of posturing than genuine policy priorities. But even if those expressing them are...

Itamar Ben-Gvir stresses security after strong showing by Religious Zionism

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Itamar Ben-Gvir hailed a strong showing by his Religious Zionism Party in Tuesday’s Knesset elections, with exit polls projecting the faction to win up to 15 seats in the next parliament. Ben-Gvir, the head of the Otzma...

Ben-Gvir: I am ‘anti-racist’

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Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzmah Yehudit (“Jewish Strength”) party, issued a statement on Tuesday responding to reports that U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) recently warned that his inclusion in a future Israeli government...
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit Party, demonstrates outside the Facebook branch in Tel Aviv on July 15, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Shin Bet busts Jerusalem Hamas cell plotting to assassinate Knesset member

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The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Jerusalem District Police revealed on Tuesday the existence of an eastern Jerusalem Hamas terror cell that had been planning to assassinate Israel public figures. Among those targeted by...
Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir joins a right-wing flag march through Jerusalem on April 20, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Israeli police block Jewish protest flag march in Jerusalem

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Israeli Police blocked a right-wing flag march through Jerusalem on Wednesday that participants said was a response to what they see as a weak government reaction to Arab violence in the Old City. The police...
Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit Party, demonstrates outside the Facebook branch in Tel Aviv on July 15, 2021. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Far-right MK ejected from Knesset plenum after calling Arab lawmaker ‘terrorist’

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Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of Israel’s far-right Otzma Yehudit Party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset plenum on Monday after locking horns with Joint Arab List Knesset member Ahmad Tibi. Ben-Gvir, whose faction is part of...
United Hatzalah emergency-service workers attempt to evacuate the injured in Meron in northern Israel after Jewish worshippers were crushed during Lag B’Omer festivities, April 30, 2021. Credit: United Hatzalah.

Knesset approves legislation for government probe into Meron disaster

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Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede last month at Mount Meron. The bill, sponsored by Knesset member Mickey Levy of the Yesh Atid...
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Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors after 19 days

After 19 days during which Jews were banned from visiting the Temple Mount due to Muslim unrest in Jerusalem, a group of 20 Jewish visitors was allowed on Sunday morning into the compound. On Friday,...
Illustration from a polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Post-Israeli elections, US Jewish groups blast inclusion of Religious Zionist Party

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U.S. Jewish groups reacted to Israel’s election results, which have once again ended in a political stalemate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents falling short of the necessary numbers mandated to...
Itamar Ben-Gvir of Otzma Yehudit Party attends the Srugim conference in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Report: Netanyahu seeks to push Otzma Yehudit over electoral threshold

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s advisers are holding talks with the head of the far-right Otzma Yehudit Party to try to find a way for Otzma to pass the electoral threshold in Israel’s March...