Orit Strock

Smotrich, Strock demand Netanyahu reject new BoP Gaza plan, say it contradicts US-Israel agreements

The ministers said the official proposal now advanced by the BoP is “completely contrary to the understandings that were reached between [Netanyahu] and the US administration and the BoP."

Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich at the primary count, Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026.

Smotrich, Strock push Netanyahu to bar ISF from operating in Gaza before Hamas disarmament

National Missions Minister Orit Strock seen at a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

Netanyahu denies request that annual Elul prayer be held in Gaza Strip, Minister Strock says

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks with 'Jerusalem Post' Editor in Chief Zvika Klein, August 12, 2026.

The secret Smotrich kept from his wife: Israel was going to war with Iran - interview


IDF fighter pilots 'abandon forces in Gaza,' minister falsely claims

The IDF spokesperson appeared to directly address Struck's claims, stating in a Sunday evening briefing that "there has been no incident in which a ground force was not backed up."

Israeli Air Forces struck Hamas cells in the Gaza Strip after a day of rocket barrages fired by Hamas, April 7, 2023

Amid war, far-right minister attacks IDF reserve officers' 'fat pockets'

Struck made the comment while being asked about the hundreds of millions of shekels being added to her ministry in the amended 2023 budget for uses like "family purity" counseling.

 EVEN NATIONAL Missions Minister Orit Struck knows that closing one junction is not what will stop a future attacker, says the writer.

Ben-Gvir under fire after quadruple murder in Israeli Arab sector

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir labeled criminal organizations responsible for rising Arab sector crime as "terrorists" and called on the Shin Bet to help fight crime.

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of Israel's Special Patrol Unit in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023.

Israel's security cabinet meeting set for Tuesday after terror attacks

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to convene the Security Cabinet as soon as possible after the second terror attack within a week.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a security cabinet meeting on April 6, 2023

Violence against civilians must be condemned clearly - opinion

Cry out against any and all violence against civilians and/or their property, which is an antithesis to the Jewish and Israeli way and detrimental to Israel itself.

 Orit Strock, National Mission Minister arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023.

Struck compares security chiefs to Wagner force for calling out Jewish terror

Following the backlash, National Missions Minister Orit Struck issued an apology, saying her comparison was incorrect.

 NATIONAL MISSIONS Minister Orit Struck.

MKs in disguise: Israeli lawmakers dress up for Purim

Several Israeli MKs and ministers took the time to make costumes that either reflected Purim merriment or contained political meanings.

 Israeli National Missions Minister Orit Struck is seen in Hebron dressed as Supreme Court Chief Justice Esther Hayut for the holiday of Purim, on March 7, 2023.

Otzma Yehudit MK: Settler violence narrative is 'false,' 'despicable'

A day after Jewish extremists set the Palestinian town of Huwara ablaze, Otzma Yehudit MKs remain belligerent, and avoid condemning the violence.

 MK Limor Son Har Melech discussion in the Israeli parliament on the TV-show "Shtula" (Double agent), airing on Israeli TV,  November 21, 2022.

What is Orit Struck's Settlement and National Missions Ministry? - explainer

The ministry will have three branches focusing on settlement issues, Jewish identity and society and pre-military preparatory schools (mechina) and National Service.

 MK Orit Struk attends a protest against the demolition of structures in the illegal outpost of Homesh, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 9, 2022.

Letters to the Editor February 6, 2023: Marius and Sulla

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