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Shin Bet director David Zini attends the funeral of an Israeli soldier at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, March 27, 2026, (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 7:49 pm
Zini recommends banned extreme-right party be allowed to register for elections
High Court allows delay for hearing on ‘Yisrael Yehudit Shlema Ve’eitana,’ a Kahanist offshoot party; senior Shin Bet figures said to disagree with agency chief, deputy
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet chief David Zini gives a speech on July 7, 2026 (Screengrab)
July 8, 2026, 10:04 am
Shin Bet chief says he took the job out of ‘loyalty to the elected leadership’
‘I have an agenda, I want to advance it,’ says Zini, who is reportedly considering removing department head over harsh treatment of Jewish terror suspects
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 1:46 pm
Shin Bet chief seeks rethink of decision that led to disqualification of extreme-right party
Zini asks AG for time to examine agency info on movement with Kahanist roots, which led to its rejection by Parties Registrar; Supreme Court grants 9-day delay for hearing
By Yuval Yoaz and Nava Freiberg
Then-Otzma Yehudit party member Michael Ben Ari speaks during an election campaign event of Otzma Yehudit party in Bat Yam, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)
July 14, 2024, 11:45 pm
State attorney indicts former hard-right MK for incitement to racism against Arabs
Michael Ben Ari, founder of Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party, accused of calling Arab citizens of Israel ‘enemies,’ ‘a fifth column,’ ‘occupiers,’ and ‘a nation of murderers’
By Jeremy Sharon
Singer Sinead O'Connor (L) poses for a photo in New York, June 5, 2000. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File). Itamar Ben Gvir (R) attending a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Thursday, December 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, Pool)
July 27, 2023, 7:06 pm
Sinéad O’Connor to Ben Gvir in 1997: ‘You bring terror to the children of the world’
Irish singer who died Wednesday wrote to the far-right activist, who was 21 at the time, after he took credit for canceling her concert in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
A sign found at Cafe Israela in Kfar Saba on February 21, 2023, that reads 'No buying from whoever protests in Jerusalem against the government.' (Courtesy)
February 21, 2023, 7:33 pm
Cafe owners who protested legal shakeup return to sign with Jewish terror group logo
After notifying customers they’d be closed to attend Jerusalem protest, Cafe Israela owners return to find flier bearing Kach logo and urging boycott of eatery
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at the annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2023, 12:09 pm
Former far-right extremist claims Ben Gvir sent him to vandalize UN compound in 2001
Photojournalist Gilad Sade says national security minister would pay teenagers to spray graffiti, damage property in East Jerusalem, West Bank; aides to Ben Gvir deny accusations
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit party members Michael Ben Ari, center, Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Baruch Marzel, left, at a press conference in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Ben Ari from running in the April 2019 elections over his record of racist incitement, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 17, 2022, 11:20 am
Ultranationalists launching party to the right of Ben Gvir’s extremist Otzma Yehudit
Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben-Ari, founders of Otzma Yehudit who are both banned from running in elections due to incitement, to start new, even more extreme party
By ToI Staff
MK Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a press conference ahead of the upcoming elections, in Ramat Gan, August 15, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 31, 2022, 9:04 pm
Ben Gvir responds to former ally’s criticism: ‘I am not Rabbi Kahane’
After Baruch Marzel accuses him of ‘flexible ideology,’ far-right Otzma Yehudit leader says party ‘is not a continuation of Kach’
By ToI Staff
Israeli police accompany a group of Jews touring the Temple Mount on May 5, 2022, as the Jerusalem holy site is reopened to non-Muslim visitors. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
May 24, 2022, 1:58 pm
Daily Briefing May 24: Flags and prayer in the Old City; US envoy finds a home
Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman on Jerusalem tensions to come; US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at Democratic primaries, ex-terror group Kach and US ambassador’s new house
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A teen holds up a flag which reads 'We are all Kahane' at a protest in support of a soldier charged with manslaughter in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on April 19, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
May 21, 2022, 2:40 am
US removes radical Jewish group Kach, 4 others from list of terror organizations
State Department says organizations no longer engage in terrorism and do not have capability and intent to do so
By Matthew Lee
Illustrative: Right wing activists attend a ceremony honoring late Jewish extremist leader Rabbi Meir Kahane in Jerusalem on November 17, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 15, 2022, 8:47 pm
US set to remove Kahane’s ‘Kach’ group from foreign terrorism blacklist
State Department notifies Congress that five defunct groups, including the Jewish extremist movement, to have designation dropped; Palestinian jihadist group also to be delisted
By AP and Jacob Magid
Otzma Yehudit party leaders Michael Ben Ari, left, and Baruch Marzel, in 2012. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90/via JTA)
August 11, 2021, 6:44 pm
Facebook bans far-right political figures Marzel, Ben Ari from its platforms
Company cites support for terror organizations Kach and Kahane Chai; Marzel says he doesn’t have an account, but may sue anyway over ‘libelous’ claim he backs terror groups
By ToI Staff
(From L-R) Benzi Gopstein, Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben-Ari from the Otzma Yehudit Party speak with the media outside the Central Elections Committee in Jerusalem, on August 1, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 11:01 pm
AG calls for disqualifying extremist right candidates Gopstein, Marzel
But Avichai Mandelblit, in legal opinion, says no grounds to ban Otzma Yehudit’s Itamar Ben Gvir; dismisses claims against Blue and White, Joint List
By ToI Staff
Extreme right politician Baruch Marzel at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 17, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 11:50 pm
AG to urge disqualifying extremist right candidates Gopstein, Marzel
TV report says Avichai Mandelblit’s recommendation centers on the Otzma Yehudit leaders’ racist public statements
By ToI Staff
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