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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Michael Ben Ari

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
Yair Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
July 6, 2024, 1:27 pm
Yair Netanyahu: ‘High Court and state prosecutor are destroying the country’
PM’s son blasts justice system over detention of 3 civilians on suspicion of killing Palestinian man on October 7 and stealing weaponry from Israeli troops
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
Michael Ben Ari attends a press conference held in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify his candidacy for the 2019 Knesset elections, due to his racist views, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLash90)
August 10, 2022, 10:36 pm
Prosecutors weigh indicting former far-right MK for incitement against Arabs
Officials note the broad social media reach of Otzma Yehudit’s Michael Ben Ari; ex-MK is eligible for a hearing before decision is made
By Tobias Siegal
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
Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, arrives at a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2021, 7:56 pm
Kahane lives? What does Itamar Ben Gvir, backed by Netanyahu, really stand for?
Debate is raging over whether the PM is helping a true disciple of Meir Kahane into the Knesset, or one who is an admirer but less racist. Here’s the evidence, and why it matters
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Left photo: Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud party's election rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020; Right photo: Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2021, 3:33 am
Netanyahu says Ben Gvir will be in coalition, but ‘not fit’ to be a minister
Leader of extreme-right Otzma Yehudit party says he won’t be a ‘scarecrow’ in Knesset, wants position of influence to push his plan to encourage Arab emigration
By ToI Staff
Left photo: Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at the Likud party's election rally in Ramat Gan on February 29, 2020; Right photo: Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2021, 10:59 pm
Netanyahu says far-right Ben Gvir won’t be in cabinet, will be part of coalition
Drawing distinction, PM indicates Kahane disciple won’t be given a ministerial post, but ‘plainly’ will be a coalition member; also says he won’t share premiership with anyone else
By Raoul Wootliff
Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, holds a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 4, 2021, 7:42 pm
Why is Netanyahu trying (again) to push Kahanists into the Knesset?
The PM is courting censure by helping Israel’s most extremist faction, and its leader isn’t even a reliable ally. But the move could pay off when it’s time to build a coalition
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir defends his party at a Central Elections Committee debate on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 14, 2019, 8:08 pm
Knesset panel narrowly okays election run by Otzma Yehudit as Labor rep vanishes
Bid to disqualify Kahanist party falls short after Labor leader’s brother-in-law disappears during vote, leaving committee tied 15-15; other left parties accuse Labor of betrayal
By Tamar Pileggi
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, December 11, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 10:11 am
Otzma Yehudit to petition to stop Lapid from running in election due to ‘racism’
Blue and White No. 2 says it’s ‘an honor’ that fans of Hebron massacre perpetrator Baruch Goldstein want him disqualified
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and coalition chairman David Bitan (R) attend a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset on January 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 5, 2019, 5:01 pm
Likud seeks agreement between parties not to try to disqualify candidates
But initiative is immediately shot down by Blue and White’s Lapid, who claims it’s an attempt by Netanyahu to shield far-right Otzma Yehudit
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)
July 5, 2019, 6:45 pm
Right-wing URWP apparently cracking, with Otzma Yehudit set to run separately
Amid conflicting reports on breakup of alliance, would-be MK Itamar Ben Gvir says his extremist party is forging new partnerships
By ToI Staff
From left to right: Otzma Yehudit members Baruch Marzel, Michael Ben Ari, Rabbi Dov Lior and Itamar Ben Gvir at the extremist party's campaign launch in Jerusalem on July 4, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 5, 2019, 10:22 am
At campaign launch, extremist Jewish party calls ‘to resettle our enemies’
Otzma Yehudit takes aim at URWP chief Rafi Peretz for reportedly conditioning its inclusion in electoral alliance on sidelining two of its members
By ToI Staff
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