Tag: Otzma Yehudit
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,...
Supreme Court bans Otzma Yehudit candidate Ben-Ari from Israel’s April elections
Israel’s Supreme Court banned Otzma Yehudit candidate Michael Ben-Ari from running in the upcoming national elections—the first time Israel’s highest court has ever prevented a single individual from running in an Israeli election—in opposition...
The problem isn’t racism, it’s the electoral system
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s midwifing of a joint ticket that will bring a far-right extremist party into the Knesset was quickly superseded by new scandals. Yet the fundamental problem that prompted his move...
Pompeo on Israeli elections: US not getting ‘involved’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined to comment on last week’s controversial merger between the Jewish Home and the far-right Otzma Yehudit parties ahead of the Israeli elections in April.
“We’re not about to...