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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

New Right party

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon visit a restaurant in Jerusalem, March 7, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 18, 2021, 10:12 pm
Poll: Netanyahu’s bloc one seat short of majority if Yamina joins
Kan survey, released a day before final polls are allowed before election, says neither the PM nor his rivals have clear path to coalition
By ToI Staff
Naftali Bennett (R) and Bezalel Smotrich of the right-wing Yamina party hold a press conference in Jerusalem on May 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 11, 2021, 9:48 pm
Smotrich confirms he’ll split from Yamina and field independent run
Right-wing union that ran together in previous election now looks set to launch separate slates, with Bennett looking to expand party’s appeal
By Raoul Wootliff
Naftali Bennett (L), Ayelet Shaked (R) and Bezalel Smotrich (C) of the Yamina party hold a press conference in Jerusalem on May 14, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 6, 2021, 12:59 pm
Yamina set to split as Bennett, Smotrich fail to bridge differences
As poll shows religious right-wing party would gain 2 seats if it dropped Smotrich’s National Union, the 2 constituent factions prepare to launch separate campaigns
By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the Knesset to file the national-religious Yamina alliance's list of candidates for the upcoming elections, January 15, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 )
January 16, 2020, 12:44 pm
Bennett vows Yamina will stick together after elections this time
Ben Gvir lashes Peretz for breaking their electoral pact to join national-religious alliance; Netanyahu ally: Bennett nearly fired as defense chief for refusing union
By Alexander Fulbright
(L-R) Ayelet Shaked, Naftali Bennett, Bezalel Smotrich and Rafi Peretz announcing a merger between religious right-wing parties, to be called United Right, July 29, 2019. (Courtesy)
January 15, 2020, 11:07 pm
At 11th hour, Jewish Home drops Kahanist far-right slate to merge with New Right
National religious parties return to nearly identical formula from September election, as Rafi Peretz caves to pressure and breaks pact with Otzma Yehudit
By Jacob Magid
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a conference organized by the Makor Rishon newspaper at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2020, 8:20 pm
Bennett resists merger with Kahanist Ben Gvir, despite pressure from Netanyahu
Noting Otzma Yehudit candidate has photo of Hebron killer Goldstein in his living room, New Right head says Likud should take in far-right slate if it’s worried about wasting votes
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with then education minister Naftali Bennett during a Knesset plenum session on November 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2020, 8:59 pm
Likud again pushing to get extremists into Knesset on far-right slate
Netanyahu reportedly warns Bennett he could lose his defense minister post if New Right does not agree to joint slate with Jewish Home and Otzma Yehudit
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
From left to right: Naftali Bennett, Ayelet Shaked, and Bezalel Smotrich, at a campaign event in the West Bank settlement of Elkana on August 21, 2019. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
January 14, 2020, 12:55 pm
New Right, National Union agree on joint run, call for Jewish Home to join them
Parties say ‘the door remains open’ to Rafi Peretz’s faction, which fumes that the unity deal will lead to ‘the shattering of religious Zionism’
By Alexander Fulbright and Jacob Magid
Union of Right-Wing Parties chairman Rafi Peretz (R) and National Union faction chair Bezalel Smotrich at the party's 2019 election campaign launch, March 11, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2020, 9:57 am
Moments before closing deal, talks between national religious parties blow up
Smotrich’s National Union party says Jewish Home walked back deal to dissolve respective central committees, form new body; Jewish Home says that’s not true
By Jacob Magid
Labor-Gesher head Amir Peretz, left, and Meretz party leader Nitzan Horowitz during a press conference in Tel Aviv on January 13, 2020. (Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 10:09 pm
Poll indicates left-wing merger will not end ongoing political deadlock
With 49 days till election, survey shows Blue and White expanding gap on Likud, but at expense of satellite parties, while parties to Likud’s right appear stronger when divided
By ToI Staff
Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett at a press conference in Ramat Gan, where the former was announced as the new head of the New Right party, on July 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 6:34 pm
Nixing right-wing merger, New Right announces independent run
Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked’s party says it won’t merge with others ahead of March elections, saying there’s room for 2 national religious parties to Likud’s right
By Jacob Magid
New Right leader Naftali Bennett (L) and Jewish Home chairman Rafi Peretz. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 13, 2020, 2:27 pm
After left-wing merger, right seeks similar union with growing urgency
With only two days left until slates close for March election, small parties seek alliance to prevent loss of votes, but it is unclear if they can bridge their differences in time
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Rafi Peretz at a faction meeting of his Jewish Home party in the Knesset on November 11, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 12, 2020, 5:00 pm
Is Rafi Peretz sinking his Jewish Home below the electoral threshold?
Even before interview in which national religious party head seemed to call gay couples unnatural, he’d cooked up a deal with Kahanists that may have buried his faction for good
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting at the Knesset with parties in his right-wing bloc on November 18, 2019. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
January 8, 2020, 9:30 pm
Netanyahu said exploring uniting Likud with other factions on right
As PM looks to grow size of his bloc, news site says his party has conducted polls to see how a unity list would fare in March 2 vote; Bennett, Smotrich discuss joint run
By ToI Staff
Democratic Camp party leaders MK Nitzan Horowitz, left, and Stav Shaffir at a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on November 25, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 5, 2020, 4:30 pm
MK Shaffir offers to give up second spot on left-wing slate to save alliance
Democratic Camp lawmaker says she’ll agree to drop from second to third place if it means three-party merger is maintained for coming elections
By ToI Staff
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