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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 491

URWP Union of Right-Wing Parties

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
National Union chairman Bezalel Smotrich makes a video statement on December 31, 2019. (Screen capture/National Union)
December 31, 2019, 4:51 pm
Smotrich says he won’t join Jewish Home-Otzma Yehudit merger ‘at any cost’
Threatening independent run, National Union chairman proposes reshuffling joint slate
By Jacob Magid
The Jewish Home party votes on a pre-election alliance with Otzma Yehudit in Petah Tikva, February 20, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)
December 24, 2019, 9:52 pm
Jewish Home central committee to vote on electoral pact with Otzma Yehudit
Merger with far-right party, along with ensuring placement of female candidate among top five on slate, expected to be approved by internal body
By Jacob Magid
Education Minister Rafi Peretz, speaks to supporters during an election campaign event in Ramat Gan, on August 12, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
December 21, 2019, 10:15 pm
Jewish Home chief under fire from within his party for merger with Otzma Yehudit
Senior lawmaker, dozens of party officials say Rafi Peretz acted alone in agreement with extremist faction; demand central committee convene to vote on matter
By Jacob Magid
Jewish Home leader Rafi Peretz, right, with Itamar Ben Gvir, left, of the extremist Otzma Yehudit party, December 20, 2019. (Courtesy)
December 20, 2019, 12:58 pm
Jewish Home party, far-right Otzma Yehudit reunite ahead of third elections
Parties ran together with National Union in April election; Ben Gvir, This will bring victory for right-wing bloc; Blue and White’s Yair Lapid calls partnership ‘a disgrace’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Rabbi Asaf Namburg (Screencapture/Kan)
September 9, 2019, 2:06 am
Journalist suspended for falsely portraying rabbi as rabidly anti-secular
Channel 13 report on education minister’s pre-military school used out-of-context video clips in which Rabbi Asaf Namburg appeared to call secular Jews ‘wicked’
By ToI Staff
Democratic Camp leader Nitzan Horowitz, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 29, 2019, 5:06 pm
Democratic Camp chief: Appointment of education minister borders on illegitimate
Nitzan Horowitz says Rafi Peretz encourages anti-secularism and is ‘unworthy’ of his cabinet post
By ToI Staff
Education Minister Rafi Peretz speaks a Yemina party event in Elkana, August 21, 2019. )
August 29, 2019, 2:59 am
Students at education minister’s academy taught to avoid the IDF, secular Jews
TV shows videos from pre-army Otzem school that were removed from internet when Rafi Peretz took up his post; secular Jews are ‘wicked,’ says one teacher, who also calls IDF feeble
By ToI Staff
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
A Jewish Home party activist shouts criticism of the merger with New Right during a gathering in Jerusalem, July 29, 2019 (screenshot)
July 30, 2019, 8:42 am
Jewish Home gathering erupts into shouting match over merger with New Right
Veteran activists accuse Rafi Peretz of capitulating to Shaked and Bennett in United Right alliance, with one crying out that ‘he sold his soul to the devil’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked in the Knesset, December 21, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 29, 2019, 9:29 pm
This is not the right-wing merger Netanyahu wanted
PM fears that United Right, led by Ayelet Shaked, a popular ex-minister, could siphon votes away from Likud, and is concerned that other votes for fringe hardliners could be lost
By Raoul Wootliff
(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)
July 29, 2019, 6:41 pm
Ayelet Shaked’s New Right merges with URWP after marathon talks
Joint slate, to be called United Right, will recommend Netanyahu form next coalition, but excludes far-right Otzma Yehudit, leaving Likud fuming over prospect of wasted votes
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on April 14, 2019. (Ronen Zvulun/AFP)
July 29, 2019, 2:15 pm
PM said pushing rare plan for Palestinian construction in West Bank’s Area C
Netanyahu seeking ministers’ unanimous okay for permits in areas under Israeli control, alongside settlement construction; development comes days before Kushner’s visit to country
By Michael Bachner
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his wife Sara at an event of the Likud party in Jerusalem, April 16, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 29, 2019, 10:54 am
Leaked recordings reveal Sara Netanyahu’s efforts to sabotage URWP-Shaked merger
Phone calls published by Channel 12 confirm PM’s wife was urging Rafi Peretz’s wife to keep her husband from conceding top spot
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Otzma Yehudit member Benzi Gopstein (with microphone), head of the radical group Lehava, leads a demonstration against the Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 29, 2019, 1:10 am
As rest of right unites, Kahane disciples declare merger with anti-LGBT party
In effort to pressure Shaked’s new bloc to fold in Otzma Yehudit as well, pair of ultra-nationalist religious factions say agreement won’t go into effect for another 36 hours
By Jacob Magid
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