Orit Strock

Israeli settlers move into eight homes near PA-controlled Jericho in secret operation

The homes are located just meters from the Palestinian Authority-controlled city, which lies in Area A of the West Bank. However, they are technically in Area C, which is under Israeli control.

Jewish Israeli settlers are seen at a compound of eight houses near the Palestinian city of Jericho in the West Bank, November 5, 2026.
National Missions Minister Orit Strock seen at a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, February 17, 2025

WATCH: Strock says Israel will establish settlements across West Bank Areas A, B as sanctions mount

Finance Minister and Religious Zionist Party head Bezalel Smotrich at the primary count, Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.

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

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


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

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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RZP minister: West Bank control is pillar of our presence in government

“Netanyahu must make order,” National Missions Minister Orit Struck told KAN News prior to the cabinet meeting on Sunday.

 BEZALEL SMOTRICH and Orit Struck visit Gush Etzion in October, days before the election

These are the issues Israel's new 'national missions' minister must tackle - opinion

Making an appointment is based on available dates and times, and is not always convenient for the person who needs to come to a government office.

 NATIONAL MISSIONS Minister Orit Struck arrives at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem for a group photo of the new government, last month

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's son attacks MK Struck on discrimination law

Rabbi Avraham Yosef rejected claims that his father said a Jew shouldn't treat a non-Jew on Shabbat.

 Rabbi Avraham Yosef speaks during the weekly lesson at  the home of his father, spiritual leader of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem, July 13, 2013.

8 out of 65 seats: Who are the women of Israel's newly elected gov't?

Overnight, Israel saw the number of women in the government shrink from 24 seats to just eight. Who are the women of Israel's new government?

Miri Regev, 2019.

MK's son, grandchildren injured in car accident after stones thrown

MK Orit Struck's son, age 25, and his two children, aged two and four, were evacuated by Magen David Adom medics to the hospital.

Orit Struck

Religious Zionist Party: We never had negative approach to LGBTQ+

Struck stressed that the party is "obviously against the flood of demands for legitimation and the pride parades."

Orit Struck

RIGHT FROM WRONG: Indyk’s preposterous lie about Netanyahu

Martin Indyk

The courage to say ‘No’

It is in the interests of both sides to continue the relative quiet on the security front while ensuring the economic stability of the PA.

PM Binyamin Netanyahu at Cabinet meeting.