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Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe at the Jerusalem municipality. May 3, 2016. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

In first, woman elected to head Israeli religious party

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For the first time in Israel’s history, a woman was elected this week to head a religious party running for the Knesset, when Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe emerged victorious in the Jewish Home...
Jewish Home Party chairman Rafi Peretz at faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on Nov. 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Jewish Home Party chair Rafi Peretz to retire from Israeli politics

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Habayit Hayehudi (the Jewish Home) Party chair and Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz announced on  Tuesday that he will be stepping down and retiring from Israeli politics. Peretz said that he would not lead the...
Education Minister Rafi Peretz arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on June 24, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Otzma Yehudit breaks with Jewish Home

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Far-right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party is breaking ranks with the more mainstream, religious-Zionist Jewish Home party, Otzma Yehudit announced Tuesday. In a letter to Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz, party officials wrote: “Unfortunately,...