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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

United Right

Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked at a rally to support residents, ahead of the expected evacuation and demolition of the illegal Jewish neighborhood of Netiv Ha'avot in the Etzion, bloc on June 11, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
January 16, 2020, 2:39 pm
Flailing merger leaves divided right playing catch-up with united left
Two alliances and two very different final registration days send opposite messages of unity and political strength
By Raoul Wootliff
New Right party member Naftali Bennett arrives for a meeting with United Right party chairman Rafi Peretz, after announcing their union ahead of the elections, at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, on July 28, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 14, 2019, 5:15 pm
Bennett says right-wing Yamina bloc will recommend Netanyahu as prime minister
Former education minister ends his own ambivalence, accuses Avigdor Liberman of playing games that will lead to a left-wing government
By ToI Staff
Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a speech at the Yamina electoral alliance's campaign launch, in Ramat Gan, on August 12, 2019. (Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 10:34 pm
Facing firing, Smotrich apologizes to Netanyahu for calling him ‘weak’
Transportation minister says his criticism was inappropriate as Likud warns it’s his last chance; re-branding United Right as Yamina, Shaked says she’s seeking to be PM
By Alexander Fulbright
National Union party head Bezalel Smotrich arrives for a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on May 26, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 8:39 pm
Smotrich hangs on to cabinet job after denigrating Netanyahu
After meeting with PM, transportation minister expected to issue statement walking back comments
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, June 30, 2019. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 11, 2019, 3:08 pm
Reeling from the last election’s failures, Netanyahu turns on the right
Into the weeds of the prime minister’s narrowing electoral prospects, as a cornered political animal seeks to carve a path to victory at the right’s expense
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Israeli security forces clash with Muslim worshipers at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 11, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 11, 2019, 12:49 pm
United Right blames Netanyahu for ‘shameful’ closure of Temple Mount to Jews
National-religious party calls decision on Tisha B’Av/Eid al-Adha ‘a national disgrace’ as source denies PM responsible; MK Ahmad Tibi says entry of Jewish visitors a ‘provocation’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, July 7, 2019. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
August 9, 2019, 5:36 pm
Netanyahu grumbles over insufficient support for him on right
In comments aimed at United Right, PM claims other right-wing figures ‘stuttering’ on whether to recommend him for another term; Shaked: Likud wants Gantz, so don’t preach to us
By Alexander Fulbright
MK Bezalel Smotrich of the Union of Right-Wing Parties speaks during a Jerusalem Day event at Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, June 2, 2019. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 3:01 pm
Smotrich: IDF measures to integrate transgenders are evidence of ‘heatstroke’
In mocking post, after a soldier is hospitalized with heatstroke, right-wing minister says cost of program should be considered next time more money is requested for army
By ToI Staff
Former justice minister Ayelet Shaked poses for a selfie during a press conference in Ramat Gan, July 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 7, 2019, 6:07 am
How Ayelet Shaked, a secular woman, came to dominate Israel’s religious right
No woman has ever risen to the pinnacle of political power in a bloc representing the traditionally patriarchal Orthodox community
By Sam Sokol
Labor leader Amir Peretz signs party's commitment to human values, Tel Aviv, August 4, 2019 (Courtesy)
August 5, 2019, 10:27 am
Mocking Likud ‘loyalty’ pledge, other parties set out their own vows
Labor affirms loyalty to human beings, Shaked to right-wing values; Liberman mocks PM’s ‘North Korea-style’ demand; Lapid says premier ‘is in total panic’
By ToI Staff
Benny Gantz, head of Blue and White party, speaks outside the Central Elections Committee in Jerusalem, August 1, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 2, 2019, 4:39 am
32 parties register electoral slates for September vote, down from 47 last time
Polls suggest only nine parties may enter Knesset; a party headed by cult leader’s four wives submits slate; one aiming to advocate release of Rabin’s assassin Yigal Amir does not
By Raoul Wootliff
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 2, 2019, 2:15 am
Election lists close with rifts on left and right, leaving Liberman as kingmaker
Three major takeaways as 32 parties register with the Central Elections Committee for the September 17 national vote
By Raoul Wootliff
Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir speaks to reporters at the Knesset before his far-right party submits its electoral slate to the Central Elections Committee on August 1, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 10:32 pm
Resisting pressure from Netanyahu, far-right Otzma Yehudit runs alone
Itamar Ben Gvir accuses Bennett of ‘blowing up’ merger, claims United Right seeking to join coalition led by Blue and White
By Jacob Magid and Raoul Wootliff
The Otzma Yehudit party's Michael Ben Ari (L) and Itamar Ben Gvir attend the Central Elections Committee for the 21st Knesset elections during a session to discuss a petition to disqualify them from running in the elections, at the Knesset, March 6, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 6:56 pm
Hours before deadline, far-right fringe parties walk back merger
Otzma Yehudit and Noam go their separate ways after a disagreement regarding the former’s insistence on including a non-religious candidate
By Jacob Magid
Yamina head Ayelet Shaked (L) and Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben Gvir. (Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 11:58 am
Extremist Otzma Yehudit still seeking merger with United Right as deadline nears
Itamar Ben Gvir says Ayelet Shaked under pressure to exclude his far-right party from electoral alliance, but joint run ‘still possible’
By Raoul Wootliff
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