Religious Zionism Party

MK David Bitan at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 7, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

July 21, 2021, 4:41 pm

Likud MK suspended from managing Knesset plenum after apparently fudging vote

Speaker to file ethics complaint against David Bitan after fellow opposition lawmaker Ben Gvir’s ballot left out of final count for bill, despite apparently voting in favor

By TOI staff

The illegal settlement outpost of Evyatar, in the West Bank, on June 27, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

June 27, 2021, 2:39 pm

‘Bring tents’: Evyatar activists try to stop razing of illegal West Bank outpost

Opposition MKs visit illegal settlement site set to be demolished within days, call on government to intervene and prevent evacuation order

By TOI staff

A structure is demolished at the Oz Zion illegal outpost north of Jerusalem, June 23, 2021 (video screenshot)

June 23, 2021, 11:36 am

7 arrested as Border Police demolish illegal West Bank Jewish outpost

Several people at Oz Zion reported to hurl objects at forces and attempt to barricade themselves inside a building

By TOI staff

Head of the Religious Zionism Party MK Bezalel Smotrich gives a press statement at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)

June 22, 2021, 5:22 pm

Far-right MKs heckled, harassed by angry protesters in Sheikh Jarrah

‘Why are you here? You’re garbage, you’re a cockroach,’ Palestinian resident of the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood shouts at Religious Zionism party leader Smotrich

By TOI staff

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset, on June 21, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 22, 2021, 11:41 am

Lapid confident West Bank outpost Evyatar to be razed

FM says illegality of outpost, which has sparked deadly clashes between the army and local Palestinians, is ‘not a question of right or left’

By Shalom Yerushalmi

Screen capture from video of MKs holding up potraits of terror victims during a a protest against the confirmation of the new government, June 13, 2021. (YouTube)

June 15, 2021, 1:29 pm

Terror victims’ grandfather slams far-right MKs for using their pics in protest

Chaim Fogel, who lost son, daughter-in-law, 3 grandchildren in 2011 attack, says family stays out of political disputes, calls use of photos to disrupt Bennett speech ‘outrageous’

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Likud MK David Bitan (L) and Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich (R). (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 14, 2021, 6:18 pm

Likud MK says far-right Smotrich responsible for Netanyahu’s ouster

David Bitan says party planned to have Ra’am abstain from vote, but Religious Zionism head refused any cooperation with Islamist faction

By TOI staff

Israelis wave national flags during a Jerusalem Day march, in Jerusalem, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

June 6, 2021, 12:25 am

Gantz indicates he’ll demand cancellation of Jerusalem right-wing parade

Defense minister says he will oppose holding highly charged event on Thursday if it requires extraordinary security measures and endangers public order

By Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff

Young Jewish men dance with Israeli flags near Jerusalem's Old City on Jerusalem Day, May 10, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

June 5, 2021, 5:11 pm

PM’s opponents warn J’lem march a bid to thwart coalition; Hamas issues threat

Heads of Labor, Meretz, Joint List warn of potential dire consequences, Yesh Atid MK says parade could ’ignite region’; Hamas threatens potential ‘consequences’

By Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff

June 4, 2021, 7:01 pm

Nationalist groups reschedule controversial Jerusalem march scuttled by rockets

Unconfirmed reports say organizers have police permission for parade via Muslim Quarter on Thursday, amid warnings event could reignite violence that engulfed region last month

By TOI staff

Ayelet Shaked and Bezalel Smotrich visit at a protest tent of settler leaders, outside the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, February 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 26, 2021, 7:19 pm

Yamina, Religious Zionism trade blame for lack of right-wing government

Shaked doesn’t rule out prospect of forming coalition with ‘change bloc’ after Smotrich accuses Yamina of pretending to drop negotiations with Netanyahu’s rivals

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Israel Prize ceremony in Jerusalem, prior to Israel's 73rd Independence Day, on April 11, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

May 20, 2021, 10:14 pm

Right-wing lawmakers pan Netanyahu for ceasefire with Hamas

Religious Zionism’s Bezalel Smotrich warns PM: ‘Forget about forming a government’ if you give in to terror group on Jerusalem

By Raoul Wootliff

Religious Zionism MKs are guarded by police as they arrive at the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on May 10, 2021. (Screen capture/Twitter)

May 10, 2021, 8:17 pm

Separated by cops, Joint List, Religious Zionism MKs face off in East Jerusalem

Far-right MKs arrive to show solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah’s Jewish residents, while MKs from majority-Arab parties arrive to support Palestinian families facing eviction

By TOI staff

Rabbi Tsvi Tau in 2018 (video screenshot)

May 5, 2021, 11:12 am

Netanyahu said to curb Temple Mount access in deal with ultra-conservative rabbi

Activists pushing for Jewish access to Jerusalem holy site claim recent closure to Jews came in exchange for Rabbi Tsvi Tau’s support for government backed by Islamist Ra’am party

By TOI staff

Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (File; courtesy)

May 5, 2021, 6:46 am

Netanyahu blames Bennett, but it’s his own far-right protégés who doomed him

PM paved path to Knesset for Religious Zionism MKs, including Kahanists. Ironically if unsurprisingly, they then refused to tolerate Islamist party Ra’am, blocking his majority

By David Horovitz