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Moshe Feiglin attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 2:56 pm
How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career
After years on the political fringes, the fundamentalist whom Netanyahu once pushed out of Likud has secured spot No. 2 on Smotrich’s slate, putting a senior ministerial post well within his reach
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (R) signs an agreement with former lawmaker Moshe Feiglin for a joint run in the Knesset elections on September 1, 2026. (Religious Zionism)
September 1, 2026, 9:15 pm
Smotrich, Feiglin announce joint election run, urge other right-wing parties to join
Religious Zionism leader warns achievements of current government at stake in election; responding dismissively to union, newcomer Ofer Winter says ‘people of Israel want something new’
By ToI Staff
Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin submits his party's list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 13, 2019, 1:20 pm
Moshe Feiglin says his right-wing Zehut party won’t run in March elections
Politician, who failed twice to win Knesset seats after promising initial opinion polls, says arena is not ready for messages that are beyond pro- or anti-Netanyahu
By Michael Bachner
Itamar Ben Gvir, chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party, speaks at the Central Election Committee in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 4, 2019, 11:54 pm
Likud: No chance far-right Otzma Yehudit will enter Knesset
Party official warns right-wing voters that support for Kahanist faction risks losing seats for the right-wing bloc
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit party members Michael Ben Ari (L) and Itamar Ben Gvir attend a press conference held in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Michael Ben Ari's candidacy for the upcoming Knesset elections, due to his racist views, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLash90)
September 3, 2019, 8:09 am
Netanyahu seeks deal to have far-right party drop out of election – report
PM said to offer to lower electoral threshold in next election in exchange for Otzma Yehudit pullout, but Kahanist party leader says no plans to quit
By ToI Staff
Itamar Ben Gvir, chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party, speaks at the Central Election Committee in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 2, 2019, 1:12 am
Polls find extremist Otzma Yehudit edging toward Knesset threshold
Likud and rival Blue and White remain neck-and-neck; neither right nor center-left blocs predicted to have majority without Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu, right, and Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin hold joint press conference at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan, August 29, 2019. (Flash90)
August 30, 2019, 11:14 am
Poll finds Zehut’s exit from election won’t help Netanyahu form coalition
Likud and rival Blue and White remain neck-and-neck, neither right nor center-left blocs predicted to have majority without Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu Party
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin (L) give a joint press statement in Ramat Gan on August 29, 2019. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
August 29, 2019, 9:23 pm
Rivals tear into Netanyahu for ‘teaming up with extremist’ Feiglin
Blue and White says PM ‘bought’ Zehut party’s withdrawal in exchange for immunity from prosecution; Democratic Camp alleges election fraud
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin at a joint press conference at Kfar Hamacabiah in Ramat Gan announcing Zehut's withdrawal from the September elections, on August 29, 2019. (Flash90)
August 29, 2019, 6:27 pm
Zehut bows out of elections after Netanyahu promises Feiglin a cabinet post
In bid to shore up his chances in September vote, PM also promises far-right party to open medical cannabis market to imports
By ToI Staff
Zehut party chairman Moshe Feiglin at a party event in Tel Aviv, on August 27, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 3:02 pm
Feiglin and Netanyahu meet, close in on deal that would see Zehut drop out
Right-wing party that is predicted to come up short in September elections may drop out of the race in exchange for cannabis legislation and a cabinet post
By ToI Staff
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz speaks to reporters at the Knesset as his party submits its electoral slate to the Central Elections Committee on August 1, 2019. (Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 2:20 pm
Gantz and top aides targeted by Russian hackers in ‘unprecedented’ attack
Private intelligence firm says cellphones of Blue and White chief and senior campaign staff compromised in massive operation
By ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with then-Likud MK and later Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin at the Knesset, July 2, 2013. (Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 12:43 pm
Lawyer for rival party charges Netanyahu-Feiglin deal could be election fraud
Reported offer for Zehut party chair to drop out of race in return for ministerial post could even necessitate a revote, says ex-Likud legal expert now representing Yisrael Beytenu
By Raoul Wootliff
Itamar Ben Gvir, chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party, speaks at the Central Election Committee in the Knesset, Jerusalem, on August 14, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 27, 2019, 3:53 am
Likud said pressuring far-right parties to drop out of election
Otzma Yehudit and Zehut both unlikely to garner enough votes to enter Knesset, but say they are not considering ending their campaigns
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit party members Michael Ben Ari, center, Itamar Ben Gvir, right, and Baruch Marzel, left, at a press conference in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify Ben Ari from running in the April 2019 elections over his record of racist incitement, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 13, 2019, 10:41 pm
Extremist right parties nearing threshold to enter Knesset – poll
Channel 12 survey gives the nationalist-libertarian Zehut 2.9% of the vote, just short of 3.25% threshold; racist Otzma Yehudit comes in at 2.7%
By ToI Staff
Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin submits his party's list of candidates to the Central Elections Committee at the Knesset on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2019, 2:27 pm
Zehut submits candidate slate, closing door on merger with United Right
Moshe Feiglin’s party to go it alone in September elections, despite calls from right-wing alliance to join forces
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
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