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Police at the Pride Parade in Mitzpe Ramon on June 26, 2026 (Israel Police)
June 26, 2026, 8:27 pm
‘Here to stay’: Hundreds at Pride parade in flashpoint southern town of Mitzpe Ramon
Opposition MKs attend sixth annual parade; children allegedly throw eggs at participant in desert community whose authorities have previously sought to block the event
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Activists protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside Har Hamor Yeshiva in Har Homa, East Jerusalem, on July 5, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 5, 2023, 10:26 am
Anti-overhaul protesters target ultraconservative, influential Jerusalem yeshiva
Demonstrators say Har Hamor, headed by Rabbi Zvi Tau, ‘symbolizes the messianic stream that is leading the regime coup’; one protester arrested in attempt to disrupt traffic
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Zvi Tau attends a protest of Jewish activists against a conference of Christians outside the Davidson Center in Jerusalem Old City, on May 28, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
June 20, 2023, 4:48 pm
Rape accusations painted outside home of Rabbi Zvi Tau, who is suspected of assault
‘Rabbi Tau raped me! And my mother and my sister,’ ‘You killed my soul’ found at Jerusalem residence of far-right Noam party’s spiritual leader
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Zvi Tau in 2018. (Screenshot)
March 5, 2023, 10:04 pm
Police question influential Rabbi Tau on allegations of sexual abuse and rape
Four months after investigation opened, prominent hardline rabbi called in for interrogation by Lahav 433 unit
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Chaim Druckman (L) and Rabbi Zvi Tau (Oliver Fittousi/Flash90)
December 7, 2022, 10:11 pm
Top national religious rabbi calls rape allegations against Rabbi Zvi Tau ‘gossip’
Rabbi Chaim Druckman appears to dismiss accusations against head of influential Jerusalem yeshiva, while suggesting he should be ‘hanged’ if they’re proven true
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Dorit, one of two women who accuse Rabbi Zvi Tau of rape, November 13, 2022. (Channel 13. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 15, 2022, 12:11 am
Second woman to testify about alleged rape by Rabbi Zvi Tau
Assault claim against far-right spiritual leader, dating back 40 years, falls outside statute of limitations, but prosecutors want statement to shed light on first accuser’s claims
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Zvi Tau attends a march in Jerusalem against reforms to conversion and kosher supervision, January 30, 2022 in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 13, 2022, 6:20 pm
Police launch investigation of Rabbi Zvi Tau after second woman accuses him of rape
Identified only as ‘Dorit,’ latest alleged victim describes being assaulted by far-right spiritual leader 40 years ago, when she was a new immigrant and ‘all alone’ in Israel
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Zvi Tau attends a march in Jerusalem against reforms to conversion and kosher supervision, January 30, 2022 in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 11, 2022, 1:13 am
Police probing sexual assault allegation against prominent ultra-conservative rabbi
‘He used his power and image to carry out the abuse,’ Nehama Te’ena says in television interview several months after first publicly accusing Zvi Tau of abuse
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Zvi Tau in 2018. (Screenshot)
November 10, 2022, 11:05 am
National religious rabbis urge probe of sex abuse allegations against Rabbi Tau
Rabbis Yuval Cherlow and David Stav of Tzohar say police must investigate claims against ultra-conservative religious leader
By Amy Spiro
Rabbi Zvi Tau in 2018. (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
Rabbi Zvi Tau in 2018. (Screenshot)
March 24, 2021, 10:35 pm
Rabbi behind anti-LGBT party says right and left both ‘tainted’ with ‘perverts’
In recordings aired by Channel 12, Tsvi Tau heard saying he hopes Noam faction, now about to enter Knesset, will establish foothold and grow stronger, fight ‘post-modernist poison’
By ToI Staff
Jewish men pray at the new building of Har Hamor Yeshiva in the neighborhood of Har Homa, Jerusalem on August 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 12, 2019, 5:46 pm
Netanyahu cancels visit to yeshiva whose leader established homophobic party
Har Hamor official confirms PM will not be stopping by seminary after planned move was slammed by left-wing MKs
By Jacob Magid
People outside the Har Hamor Yeshiva in the neighborhood of Har Homa, Jerusalem, August 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 11, 2019, 6:40 pm
Netanyahu to kick off campaign with visit to yeshiva run by anti-gay rabbi
Prime minister to visit Har Hamor seminary; its head formed the Noam faction, which likened LGBT and Reform Jews to the Nazis, campaigned against pluralistic prayer at Western Wall
By Jacob Magid
File: 2019 election ads by the far-right religious-conservative Noam party bear anti-gay messages on billboards outside Tel Aviv. The slogan reads: "Israel chooses to be normal." (Courtesy Noam party)
August 6, 2019, 11:16 pm
Judge says advertisers can’t refuse homophobic party’s campaign ads
Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel rules a special law forbids companies from ‘discriminating’ between political ads during elections
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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