Bezalel Smotrich
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Smotrich backs Givati soldiers jailed after refusing APC with female paramedic
Winter privately met with Netanyahu despite pledging independent run, N12 reports
Winter, Smotrich cross electoral threshold at expense of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Kan poll shows
Ben-Gvir blasts Netanyahu over reported Smotrich-Feiglin merger talks, unity appeal
Smotrich largely stayed away from the back-and-forth, writing in a post on Twitter/X that “the time for unity and responsibility is now.”
Smotrich enters joint ticket talks with former Likud MK Feiglin as Likud slams Ben-Gvir
Simultaneously, tensions grew between National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Likud party after he announced that Otzma Yehudit would not run together with the Religious Zionist Party.
Netanyahu calls for Otzma Yehudit and RZP to unite, Ben-Gvir signals his opposition
"Only a large Otzma Yehudit, together with Smotrich and Ofer Winter running together, only in this way can a fully right-wing government be formed," Ben-Gvir said.
'We lost 10 seats': Netanyahu struggles to find campaign strategy as Likud slips in polls - report
The conversations held by the prime minister indicated that he is skeptical of polls that show favorable results for him and believes that the situation is worse than those surveys suggest.
Matan Kahana: Ofer Winter firmly in Netanyahu bloc, Gantz and Troper should unite or quit race
Yashar! party official Matan Kahana told 103FM on Wednesday that Ofer Winter would strengthen Netanyahu's bloc, while condemning MK Zvi Sukkot's destruction of a West Bank memorial as "a disgrace."
Mladenov tells UNSC that IDF, Hamas are causing Gaza ceasefire to unravel
Nikolay Mladenov, in a briefing to the UN, claimed that Hamas agreed to disarm and hand over authority in Gaza to a new body.
A new Right? Winter’s People of Israel could secure six seats, at expense of Smotrich's RZP - poll
Although the Religious Zionism Party also received six seats, it would fail to cross the threshold to enter Knesset, according to the Wendesday poll.
Sledgehammer sovereignty: Zvi Sukkot’s vigilante stunt hurts Israeli security, law - editorial
Sukkot could have demanded its removal through the IDF, the government, or the courts. What he could not do was appoint himself judge, enforcement officer, and demolition crew.
Smotrich scolds Sukkot over destroying West Bank monument as RZP members fear 'political suicide'
Smotrich reportedly told Sukkot he should not have acted without proper authorization and authority, and demanded that he not do it again.
Eisenkot edges Netanyahu for PM suitability, Yashar bigger than Likud - poll
The bloc breakdown based on the results shows the coalition bloc with 50 seats, the opposition with 59 seats, and Arab parties with 11 seats.