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Bezalel Smotrich after winning the election for chairman of the National Union, at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Jerusalem, January 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2019, 9:40 pm
Hardliner Smotrich wins race to lead influential Jewish Home sub-faction
MK defeats veteran Uri Ariel in National Union race; victory shows shift toward younger generation of anti-establishment settler leaders
By Jacob Magid
MK Orit Strock of the Jewish Home party (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 12:20 am
As Bennett and Shaked leave Jewish Home, ex-MK Strock says she’s back
Hebron resident, who served in Knesset in 2013-15, says she wants to represent settler interests in parliament
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Palestinians try to retrieve items from the rubble of a house after it was destroyed by IDF tractors near the West Bank village of Sussiya in 2011. (Najeh Hashlamoun/ Flash90)
October 28, 2018, 11:07 pm
Defense official: Government ordering us not to approve Palestinian construction
Rights group says comments by Civil Administration head Achvat Ben Hoor prove that Israel is preventing any Palestinian development in Area C of West Bank
By Jacob Magid
Abdel Rahman Masawda, in yellow shirt, stabs an IDF soldier on Wednesday, December 12, 2015. (Screen capture)
December 13, 2015, 12:58 am
Video shows ex-MK’s son stabbed as he aids soldier in attack
Yitzhak Strock, son of a former Jewish Home lawmaker, was lightly hurt when he helped a wounded soldier in Hebron; assailant killed
By TOI staff
Rescue services at the scene of a car-ramming attack near the Beit Aryeh settlement in the West Bank on December 10, 2015 (United Hatzalah)
December 11, 2015, 8:09 am
Shin Bet arrests terrorist who rammed four soldiers Thursday
Mehmed Salem, 37, says he carried out attack over Temple Mount, ‘murder of Palestinian children’; 1 soldier released home from hospital
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Tekuma party members left to right, MK Orit Strock, Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel and MK Zvulun Kalfa, January 11, 2015. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2015, 12:19 pm
Jewish Home faction Tekumah selects Knesset candidates
Representatives for subgroup in right-wing party include Bezalel Smotrich, who was once arrested by Shin Bet
By Avi Lewis
Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri (L) signing his official letter of resignation from the Knesset, December 30, 2014 (photo credit: Isaac Harari/Knesset Spokesperson)
December 31, 2014, 3:00 pm
Deri’s derring-do
As 2014 comes to a close, the media is unsure whether the Shas leader’s resignation from the Knesset augurs a big-time comeback or the end of the party
By Joshua Davidovich
Eli Yishai speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on December 15, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2014, 9:39 pm
Ex-Shas MK Yishai called ‘traitor’ as he unveils new party
Former faction head leaves ultra-Orthodox party to form ‘Ha’am Itanu’; Shas activists crash press conference
By TOI staff
Jewish Home MK Yoni Chetboun (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 15, 2014, 1:24 am
Jewish Home MK to join Eli Yishai’s new party
Yoni Chetboun quits Naftali Bennett’s party, amid speculation others including minister Uri Ariel may do the same
By TOI staff
Former Shas MK Eli Yishai, December 8, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 14, 2014, 10:08 pm
Veteran Shas MK Yishai splits, forms new party
After 30 years, former faction head leaves ultra-Orthodox party to form ‘Maran’; may team up with Uri Ariel of Jewish Home
By TOI staff
Naftali Bennett (L), leader of the Jewish Home party, seen with fellow Jewish Home minister MK Uri Ariel (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 1, 2014, 7:17 pm
Jewish Home MKs threaten split to right-wing camp
Bennett sets party leader vote for January 5, hours after storming out of meeting over future Knesset list
By Marissa Newman
The entrance to the tunnel along the road from Jerusalem to the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, February 22, 2009 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 5:45 pm
MKs charge ‘civil law’ bill will lead to settlement annexation
Justice minister says she’ll appeal against cabinet committee-approved legislation requiring IDF to copy Israeli civil laws in West Bank
By TOI staff and Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, November 9, 2014. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 2:54 pm
Ministers back bill forcing army to extend civil law to settlements
Controversial bill wins okay after prime minister allows cabinet committee to vote freely, may soon be presented in Knesset
By TOI staff and Tamar Pileggi
A view of the settlement of Kiryat Arba, in the southern West Bank, adjoining the city of Hebron. (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 10:40 am
Bill would require IDF to copy Israeli civil law for settlements
Right-wing lawmakers sponsor legislation meant to equalize labor and other protections between Israel and settlements
By Tamar Pileggi
Palestinians demonstrate in support of 125 Palestinian prisoners detained in Israeli jails, Ramallah, June 9, 2014 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
September 22, 2014, 6:13 pm
Lawmakers push bill barring prisoner releases
Legislation would prevent freeing of convicted murderers in diplomatic deals with Palestinians
By TOI staff
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