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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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with then Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2021, 11:17 pm
In bombshell recordings, Shaked calls Netanyahus ‘tyrants’ with ‘lust for power’
PM ‘must go,’ Yamina’s ex-justice minister says, but a compromise in which he’d serve 2nd in a rotation deal with Bennett is preferable to a ‘ridiculous coalition’ with the left
By TOI staff
Left: Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021; Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press coneference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 21, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 3, 2021, 4:30 pm
Netanyahu: I’ll let Bennett be PM first; Bennett: But you don’t have a majority
Likud leader again urges Yamina chief to commit to forming right-wing coalition, but Smotrich continues to rule out reliance on Ra’am and Sa’ar still won’t serve with Netanyahu
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, with Education Minister Naftali Bennett in the Knesset, June 17, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 3, 2021, 10:57 am
Netanyahu said to back Bennett forming coalition in return for legal protections
PM reportedly held secret meeting with Yamina leader in bid to prevent him supporting ‘change bloc’; Netanyahu said seeking commitment to measures that could help cancel his trial
By Raoul Wootliff
Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum on April 26, 2021. (Noam Moscowitz/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
April 26, 2021, 9:45 pm
Far-right MK: Meir Kahane suffered ‘character assassination’ by the media
In his first address before Knesset plenum, Itamar Ben Gvir dismisses dozens of charges against him for incitement, calls for major reforms to Israeli legal system
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a Knesset faction meeting on April 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 26, 2021, 5:50 pm
Far-right party leader: Arabs are citizens of Israel ‘for now at least’
Smotrich stands by position against a government propped up by Islamist Ra’am party, declaring any coalition reliant on ‘terror supporters’ is unacceptable
By TOI staff
Bezalel Smotrich arrives for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem (File: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2021, 3:15 am
Panning Jerusalem riot response, Smotrich says maybe time to ‘replace’ Netanyahu
Posting video of beating of Israeli by Palestinian mob, Religious Zionism head expresses perplexity at PM’s call for ‘calm on all sides’; Likud: He should show some humility
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party's election night event in Jerusalem, early on March 24, 2021. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
April 20, 2021, 12:38 pm
Likud lashes out at Bennett, Smotrich after shock Knesset defeat
Following loss in vote on Arrangements Committee, Likud claims Yamina ‘rushing to leftist coalition’; Netanyahu said to blame Religious Zionism’s ‘provocations’ against Ra’am
By Stuart Winer
Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid during the swearing-in ceremony of the 24th Knesset, at the Knesset building in Jerusalem, April 6, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
April 18, 2021, 4:41 pm
Bennett may ally with anti-Netanyahu bloc to form key Knesset panel
Amid coalition talks with Likud, Yamina expected to side with opposition on formation of Arrangements Committee, which would give it ‘maximum amount of power’
By TOI staff
Rabbi Chaim Drukman attends the campaign launch of the right-wing Yamina party, ahead of the Israeli general elections, February 12, 2020.(Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 15, 2021, 2:49 pm
Top national religious rabbi Chaim Druckman hospitalized due to heart failure
Spiritual leader of yeshiva and religious Zionism party said to be doing better after overnight treatment; lawmakers call on public to pray for 88-year-old’s health
By TOI staff
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), and New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar (R). (Flash90)
April 14, 2021, 8:40 pm
Smotrich begs Netanyahu, Sa’ar to ‘sort out differences,’ establish government
Religious Zionism chair warns ‘decision will go to your enemies’ if right-wing parties don’t band together despite campaign pledges
By TOI staff
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas speaks during a press conference in Nazareth, April 1, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 10, 2021, 9:59 pm
Amid coalition talks, Mansour Abbas said weighing speech on commitment to Israel
Reports say Ra’am chief would also reject Hamas in bid to ease path to potential cooperation with the right; is said to prefer Netanyahu-led government
By TOI staff
Religious Zionism leader Bezalel Smotrich at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 4, 2021. (Olivier FItoussi/Flash90)
April 9, 2021, 6:57 pm
Far-right leader optimistic Netanyahu can form coalition without Ra’am’s support
Bezalel Smotrich says he believes the PM’s right-wing rivals will ultimately join a government ‘without haters of Israel and terror supporters’
By TOI staff
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