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Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir defends his party at a Central Elections Committee debate on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Knesset panel narrowly okays election run by Otzma Yehudit as Labor rep vanishes
By Tamar Pileggi
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
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
Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir holds a press conference with family members of Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri, who was found dead in their home in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood, Jerusalem, January 30, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 4, 2019, 7:40 pm
With Netanyahu’s help, far-right party member could become MK
Itamar Ben Gvir of the Otzma Yehudit party, a lawyer, was indicted 53 times since his youth; he boasts of having been cleared in 46 cases
By AFP and TOI staff
Otzma Yehudit member Itamar Ben Gvir visits a Chabad yeshiva in the northern city of Safed, on March 28, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 31, 2019, 9:48 pm
High Court rejects Otzma Yehudit bid to bump candidate up slate
Itamar Ben Gvir will retain 7th spot on Union of Right Wing Parties list, which is polling between 5 and 7 seats, leaving open possibility that extremist party won’t enter Knesset
By Jacob Magid
Rafi Peretz, leader of the Jewish Home party, speaks at the campaign opening event of Union of Right Wing Parties in Jerusalem on March 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2019, 10:25 pm
Before merger with Jewish Home, Otzma Yehudit had to disavow harming innocents
Defending alliance with Kahane disciples, leader Rafi Peretz says he didn’t agree to join forces until they pledged to oppose price tag attacks and assaults on soldiers
By Jacob Magid
Otzma Yehudit party's Michael Ben Ari, left, and Itamar Ben Gvir, attend a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 14, 2019. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP)
March 25, 2019, 1:28 am
Election Committee rejects right-wing alliance’s request to alter election slate
Union of Right Wing Parties sought to push Otzma Yehudit party candidate Itamar Ben Gvir up 2 spaces, but panel chair rules lists can’t be altered after submission deadline
By Jacob Magid
Otzma Yehudit party member Michael Ben Ari is seen at a press conference in Jerusalem following the High Court of Justice's decision to bar him from running in upcoming Knesset elections, on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 22, 2019, 12:15 pm
High Court: Extremist candidate’s Knesset run would have legitimized racism
Judges explain their decision to bar Michael Ben Ari, say ‘incitement to racism is a dominant and central goal of his doctrine’
By TOI staff
Attorney Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on October 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2019, 5:56 pm
AG opposes Otzma Yehudit request to bump up candidate on right-wing list
If barred by election committee from replacing disqualified candidate Michael Ben Ari with Itamar Ben Gvir, extremist faction could be left without representation in Knesset
By Jacob Magid
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at a Knesset plenary session, March 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 19, 2019, 6:57 am
Shaked vows to scrap panel that appoints judges, as right takes on Supreme Court
Justice minister promises immediate ‘legal upheaval’ if she remains in office, with the Knesset empowered to approve judges and overrule court’s striking down of laws
By Raoul Wootliff
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)
March 18, 2019, 5:26 am
Extremist Otzma Yehudit demands top posts after leader banned from Knesset run
After court bars Michael Ben Ari, party demands ministerial spot for Baruch Marzel in next coalition, and that Itamar Ben Gvir head key Knesset committee
By TOI staff
Otzma Yehudit party member Michael Ben Ari speaks during a press conference held in response to the High Court decision to disqualify his candidacy for the upcoming Knesset elections. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2019, 11:39 pm
Right seethes, left cheers as top court disqualifies far-right candidate Ben Ari
New Right’s Bennett and Shaked say the ‘justices have left us no choice but to act — and powerfully’ to limit their powers; opposition figures say ‘good riddance’
By Ori Lewis
Otzma Yehudit party members Michael Ben Ari (R), and Baruch Marzel (L) speak during a press conference held in response to the High Court decision to disqualify Ben Ari's candidacy for the upcoming Knesset elections, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 17, 2019, 9:04 pm
High Court bars far-right party leader Ben Ari from running in elections
Marking first time individual candidate has been banned, justices prevent Otzma Yehudit chief from Knesset run; approve Arab slate, Jewish far-left candidate, and Otzma’s Ben Gvir
By TOI staff
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