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Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Shurat Hadin's Nitzana Darshan Leitner to Run with Ayelet Shaked

By Jewish Press News Desk

Noam has agreed to run with Smotrich and Ben-Gvir after Netanyahu intervened.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Meet Mr. Ayelet Shaked

By Jewish Press News Desk

Until this past Friday, Ofir Shaked was an F-16i fighter pilot in the IDF reserves.

Featured / The Muqata

What if Ayelet Shaked Joined the Likud?

By JoeSettler

David Bitton started no small amount of rumors, that Netanyhau offered Shaked the slot right below his in the Likud party.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics

Bennett Wants Ultra-Orthodox Candidates in Bayit Yehudi

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bennett has been courting the Haredi community to expand the ranks of Bayit Yehudi voters.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset / Eastern Europe

Bayit Yehudi MK Demands Israel Expel Polish Diplomats

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“It’s a dramatic step but it embodies a clear message that we are not willing to accept the distortion of history ."

Government / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Intifada

Widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach, z'l: Our Consolation is Building the Land of Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“I ask the prime minister to break the silence and adopt the proposal of the defense minister to legalize Havat Gilad. This is our consolation."

Politics / Government / Boycott / BDS / Judea & Samaria / On Campus / Education

Shaked Suspends Committee Deliberations Over Ariel University Disagreement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Critics warned the measure would detract from the status of Israel’s more established universities and "would turn the entire Israeli academia into an active partner in the 'occupation.'"

Headline / Politics / Government / The Knesset / Jerusalem

Rivlin, Netanyahu Call for Bipartisan Teamwork, Netanyahu Attacked at Opening of Knesset Winter Session

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"You ... turned the word ‘leftist’ to a synonym for ‘enemy,'” Zionist Camp MK Isaac Herzog accused the prime minister.

Headline / IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / Iran / United Nations (UN)

Ministers Call to Scrap Iran Nuclear Deal

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"We did not gather the Jews from all four corners of the earth in order to turn them into a nuclear target."

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Government / Iran / Lebanon / Media / Islamists / Hezbollah / ISIS

Bennett: Don’t Take Eye Off Iran In Fight With ISIS

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"The answer is not to give Iran additional tools to fight ISIS now as this would serve Iran’s ultimate goal of building a Shi'ite corridor from Tehran to the Mediterranean Coast."

Headline / Israel / Business and Economy

Kachlon Vows to Fight Real Estate Investors as MK Yogev Offers Alternative Plan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Supreme Court shot down Kachlon's social engineering plan to tax 3rd apartments.

Headline / Politics / Government / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel

Bennett to Propose Supermajority to OK Jerusalem Moves

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"It is important to make clear, before the start of a diplomatic process, that Jerusalem will never be divided under any circumstance."

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Judea & Samaria

Israeli Who Killed Arab in Lynch Mob Gets His Gun Back

By Jewish Press News Desk

The police confiscated his gun after he defended himself and was extricated from the Arab lynch mob.

Headline / Judea & Samaria / Health and Medicine

Cornerstone Laid for Largest Medical Center in Judea, Samaria

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The center is modeled on the Efrat Medical Center, which is located south of Jerusalem in the Etzion bloc.

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz: 'Make Gush Etzion Part of Greater Jerusalem'

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Minister Katz calls to renew a proposal that connects the communities of Greater Jerusalem to Jerusalem itself.

The Muqata

Musical Chairs: What This New Rightwing Coalition May Look Like

By JoeSettler

LIberman's entry into the coalition may bring about even more changes than expected...

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Justice Minister Commits to Enforcing Sovereignty in Area C

By JNi.Media

"It's important that the Justice Minister have political power and political ability."

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine

Minister Uri Ariel is Home After Heart Procedure in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

MK and Minister Uri Ariel was discharged home with orders to "rest for a while" after a blood clot was removed from his heart."

Politics / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Settlements

Leaked Secret Recording Reveals Netanyahu Admits Freezing Settlement Construction

By JNi.Media

“At the moment I’ve decided not to build,” Netanyahu is heard in the recording, “That does not mean that tomorrow it won’t change, on the contrary, the way it changed before, it will change [again].”

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Bennett to Quit Knesset to Make Room for Return of Moalem

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The "Norwegian Law" that the Knesset has adopted allows a Cabinet Minister to continue even if he quits the Knesset.

Israel / News Briefs

Rally against Violence Bars Religious MKs and Boos Right-Winger

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Homosexual leaders who organized last night's rally in Tel Aviv demanded that speakers sign a pledge supporting their cause.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Modified Norwegian Law Passes in Knesset

By Shalom Bear

This will allow the ministers to quit their Knesset positions and concentrate exclusively on their ministerial jobs.

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Bennett Calls Iran 'Most Dangerous Country in the World'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Naftali Bennett, Education Minister and chairman of the Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party, called today's agreement with Iran "grave and dangerous.” “Western citizens who get up for another day at work or school, are not aware of the fact that about half a trillion dollars has been transferred to the hands of a terrorist superpower, […]

Israel / News Briefs / Europe / Anti-Israel NGOs

MK Proposes Israeli Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for NGOs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Proposed law will place a 37% tax on NGOs who work for foreign governments.

US / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Kulanu Chairman Kachlon Apologizes to US for Oren Criticizing Obama

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kachlon seems to be concerned about an apparent delusion that he will visit the White one day as Israel's Prime Minister.

Politics / Government / News Briefs

Bennett and Herzog Teach High School on Unity

By Jewish Press Staff

Bennett preached unity, but Herzog scolded him for crossing the "red line" in the elections.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Likud Breaching Bayit Yehudi's Coalition Agreements One by One

By Shalom Bear

The Bayit Yehudi party may be wondering if the coalition agreements it signed are worth the paper they're written on.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset

Herzog Wants New Elections

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Herzog's idea sounds stupid, but if it is taken seriously, it might be a great brainstorm.

Photo of the Day

Jewish Democracy in Action

By Photo of the Day

Members of the Bayit Yehudi party voted on Sunday for the coalition deal. From a quick look at the hands in the air, it appears that support was overwhelming. If you look more carefully, you can find Waldo in there, giving the thumbs up instead of waving.

News Briefs / The Knesset

Ayelet Shaked Has Armed Escort following Death Threats

By Jewish Press News Desk

A personal armed guard now is escorting Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked following death threats. Shaked is slated to be the Justice Minister, an appointment that has riled up the left-wing, which usually goes to bat for women but not if they are on the "wrong side" of the road. The decision […]

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Liberman is Persona Non Grata, and Bennett Can Forget About Judicial Revolutions

By Shalom Bear

Netanyahu is angry and he plans to get even, but whose fault is it really?

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu and Bennett Sign on the Dotted Line

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Bayit Yehudi will bear full responsibility for settlements. Herzog insists he will remain in the Opposition.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Tonight at Midnight: Netanyahu's Moment of Truth

By Shalom Bear

The deadline is tonight, and if Bibi hadn't abused Bayit Yehudi, he wouldn't be in this situation right now.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Shas Signs with Likud, Bayit Yehudi Gets Offer

By Shalom Bear

Shas got a good deal. What Bayit Yehudi does with their offer remains to be seen.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Arabs Leaders to Join Ethiopians in New Protest against Police

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leftists and right-wingers remain silent in the demonstration they should be leading.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education

Meretz Warns against 'Danger' of Bennett as Education Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The left-wing party's problem is that the ministry spent more money to promote Judaism than democracy.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

The 'Almost' Coalition: Bennett Education Minister and Lieberman FM

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Bayit Yehudi settles for three Cabinet posts. Shas to head Religious Affairs with Bayit Yehudi as Deputy.

Haredim & Hassidim / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Bennett Flexes Muscles and Threatens to Knock Out Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Bennett drew his red line on Twitter, but don’t worry. There is a Jewish solution.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Liberman and Bennett Teaming Up Against Netanyahu

By Shalom Bear

Bayit Yehudi wants the Religious Affairs Ministry, Yisrael Beytenu wants the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and both feel Netanyahu is trying to short-change them. It's a match made in heaven.

Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Marzel and Bennett Suffering from Post-Election Trauma

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Marzel not sorry Yachad party's loss cost Bayit Yehudi seats in Knesset. Bennett accuses Netanyahu of thinking he is a sucker.

Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Understand Israeli Elections - Here's a Primer, Part 1

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

With nearly a dozen viable parties, the president choosing the one who pulls together the pieces, Israeli elections are complicated.

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Judea & Samaria / ISIS

Bibi: 'ISIS Would Devour Palestinian State, We Cannot Help Create That'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Bibi recognizes the Two State idea will mean not only the end of Israel, but also the enslaving of the Palestinian Arabs.

The Muqata

Why I am Voting for Bayit Yehudi

By JoeSettler

The definition of elections is voting for the candidate you least dislike.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Gives Herzog-Livni 3-Seat Lead but no Coalition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The anti-Bibi barrage last week cost him a grand total of two seats, which went to other parties but not to Bujie and Tzipi.

News Briefs

Netanyahu's Speech to Congress - Blocked from U.S. Prime Time, Perfect for Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Bibi's speech will be during the U.S. workday, but prime viewing time in Israel.

Politics / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Israel Elections 5775

Bayit Yehudi Wants Edmond Levy Report Adopted by Govt

By Jewish Press News Desk

The report, ordered but never implemented by PM Netanyahu, determined that Israeli settlements are legal according to international law.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

The Voters' Prayer: May the Almighty Save Us from our Politicians

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Please pray for a full and speedy recovery to the People of Israel ben Sarah.

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Update: Bayit Yehudi Knesset Member Uri Orbach Dies

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

His death is a great loss to his family and to Israel at-large well as the Bayit Yehudi party.

Government / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Election Committee Bars Arab MK Zoabi from Running for Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Supreme Court may reverse the decision. The committee has not decided on Baruch Marzel's candidacy.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Bad News for the Left and Bayit Yehudi

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The trend in the polls is clear - the next government will not be muscled by the left.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

MK Uri Orbach Still Very Unwell

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Prime Minister has declared Orbach temporarily absent from the Knesset for medical reasons.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

New Poll Shows All Parties Going Full Blast in Neutral

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

National religious voters favoring the new Yachad party headed by Eli Yishai may be wasting their votes.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

A Yishai--Ben-Ari Mashup Would Hurt Bayit Yehudi, but No Mashup Will be Even Worse

By Jewish Press News Desk

The small right-wing parties will hurt their ideological allies and voters, unless they get past their egos and ideological perfectionism and help their side for a change.

Israel / News Briefs

Bayit Yehudi MK Uri Orbach in Serious Condition

By Jewish Press Staff

He is suffering from a blood disease, His condition has improved slightly.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Hotovely Wins 'Realistic Likud' Spot but Dichter not Giving Up

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The popular right-wing Knesset Member now is in the 20th place on the list of candidates.

Israel / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Recount Lifts Likud's Tzipi Hotovely into Almost Certain Re-Election

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Results of the recount are good news for the Likud and bad news for the Jewish Home party.

Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

And the Right is Back

By Shalom Bear

After narrowing missing in the last elections, Michael Ben-Ari is trying to make a comeback and represent the "real right-wing" in Israel.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel Elections 5775

Uri Ariel Promises to Lower Housing Costs

By Jewish Press News Desk

It takes an average of 140 monthly salaries to buy a home. Ariel plans to lower that down to 85.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Bennett Signs Up UST Global to Bring 10,000 Jobs to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The giant firm will build a cyber-defense center outside of central Israel and train Haredim and others.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Former Chief Rabbi to Run in Bayit Yehudi Primaries

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Rontzki began his IDF career as a special forces commando and 41 years later ended it as Chief Rabbi and Brigadier General.

The Muqata / Israel Elections 5775

Naftali Bennett and Uri Ariel are Going to Lose the Elections

By JoeSettler

If Bennett and Ariel split the party, Bayit Yehudi votes will go to the only party fielding a strong, stable religious bloc... the Likud.

Politics / News Briefs / The Knesset

Bayit Yehudi Opens English-Speakers Forum

By Jewish Press News Desk

The new Bayit Yehudi forum hopes to better integrate English-speaking Olim into the party and the political process, and deal with issues important to Western Zionists.

The Muqata

Amram Mitzna and Hamas

By JoeSettler

MK Mitzna compared Bayit Yehudi to Hamas, but doesn't his own HaTnua party have far more dastardly goals in common with that terrorist organization?

Politics / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Knesset / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Coalition Sharks Smell Netanyahu Blood

By Rachel Levy

The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.

Government / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Earth to Livni, Labor Calling

By Jewish Press News Desk

It seems that just about everyone wants Justice Minister Tzipi Livni to leave the coalition.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Media

Jeremy Saltan Bennett's New Chief Anglo

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jewish Home announced today the formation of the first full-time English Language Social Media Division of a Knesset party in Israeli political history. Naftali Bennett's English Language Social Media Division will be in charge of Naftali's Facebook, Twitter and Youtube pages. The target base is a mix between the 250,000 English speaking immigrants, Jews in […]

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Bayit Yehudi: Funding for Yeshivas to be Released

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bayit Yehudi announced that NIS 65 million of government funding earmarked for Hesder and Haredi Yeshivas will be transferred before Rosh Hashanah. The money was supposed to have been transferred a while ago, but Yair Lapid's Finance Ministry has been holding up the transfer after they realized that Haredi Yeshivas would also benefit from this […]

A Banner Raised High

Israel Corners Itself

By Menachem Ben-Mordechai

The awful truth is that Israel invites foreign contempt because it shows contempt for itself.

News Briefs / Israel Elections 5773

Bennett Questions If Bibi is Planning Another Expulsion (+ Videos)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Naftali Bennett goes on the offensive, questioning whether Netanyahu is planing another Expulsion/Disengagement based on his statements.

News Briefs / Israel Elections 5773

Party Registration Closed, and the Pollsters are Busy

By Jewish Press News Desk

Party registration for running in the Israeli elections to Knesset finally closed, and the pollsters are busy.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5773

Latest Israel Election Polls

By Jewish Press News Desk

The following poll result were reported on the Knesset TV Channel, after the Cease Fire announcement.

News Briefs

MK Uri Ariel: 'Today begins the Knitted-Kipa Revolution'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Chairman of the Knesset State Comptroller’s Committee MK Uri Ariel welcomes the new Bayit Yehudi list for Knesset: “I congratulate the contenders and those who were chosen in the Bayit Yehudi party. Now we are geared toward unifying the ranks and returning the National Orthodox camp to its historic influential position on the political map. […]

News Briefs

National Union Reaction to New "Israel Strength" Party

By Jewish Press News Desk

The National Union (HaIchud HaLeumi)’s reaction to Eldad and Ben-Ari’s announcement: “The Israeli political left-wing is elated at the news that our partners are splitting away and setting up a new party, because it means that tens of thousands of right-wing votes will be wasted, and that we have returned to the type of politics […]

Politics / News Briefs

Naftali Bennett Wins Bayit Yehudi Vote, Orlev Quits Politics

By Jewish Press News Desk

Businessman and former Sayeret Matkal (Special Forces) officer Naftali Bennett parachuted his way into the top position of the Bayit Yehudi ("Jewish Home") party on Tuesday, at the first of two Primary votes in the party.

News Briefs / The Knesset

Bayit Yehudi Membership Drive Results Surprises

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following a short but intense membership drive, the Bayit Yehudi party announced that over 53,000 members have signed up. This number is expected to drop to around 48,000 once duplicates and disqualified applications are filtered out. More than half signed up via the Internet. While this number still falls short of the 70,000 that the […]

Politics

It's the Dreams, Stupid

By Alex Abel

Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz gave a Bayit Yehudi Party and many "Anglos" showed up. It started up looking too much like a late-night TV show, but then it got more interesting when they brought out two of the candidates running for head of the party: Naftali Bennett and Daniel Hershkowitz took the stage and started dreaming in earnest.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VI

By Ruchama Feuerman

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