Tag: Jewish Home
In first, woman elected to head Israeli religious party
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 chair Rafi Peretz to retire from Israeli politics
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...
Otzma Yehudit breaks with Jewish Home
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,...