Religious Zionists

Israel Election 2026: The parties, blocs and battles that will shape Israel's future - explainer

Israel’s first post-October 7 election brings shifting alliances, new political faces and an uncertain path to power

Results of a Maariv poll measuring how many seats each party would receive in the October 2026 Knesset elections, results shared on August 28, 2026.
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich attends the Religious Zionism party primaries ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Jerusalem, July 26, 2026.

Smotrich backs Givati soldiers jailed after refusing APC with female paramedic

 A plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on March 19, 2025.

Winter, Smotrich cross electoral threshold at expense of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, Kan poll shows

Voters casting ballots in Israel's 25th Knesset election

Likud fears new right-wing parties, alliances could split vote below electoral threshold - analysis


Religious Zionist rabbis oppose terms for hostage deal: 'The cost endangers Israeli citizens'

Senior Religious Zionist rabbis: Though it is a commandment to save hostages, it should not be at the cost of risking Israel.

(L to R) Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, and Rabbi Dov Lior who signed the letter.

Majority of American Christians believe Israel's right to biblical borders, survey finds

Overall, the survey, conducted by SurveyUSA revealed a strong alignment of religious beliefs with support for Israel among American Christians, particularly among evangelicals.

Christian students at March for Israel rally in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2023.

The perversion of religious Zionism - opinion

The party that calls itself Religious Zionism not only doesn’t think of land for peace, it thinks of land for war. The hostages are expendable for the hallucination of Jewish settlements in Gaza.

 HOUSING MINISTER Yitzhak Goldknopf, United Torah Judaism’s leader, in the Knesset last month. He turned to his Jewish heritage and instincts regarding the plight of the hostages, notes the writer.

Halachic State vs Caliphate: How do Jewish extremists differ from Islamist extremists? - opinion

Each fundamentalist movement presents to its followers a vision of a state of religious law between the river Jordan and the sea - a Halachic State or an Islamic Caliphate.

A scene from the documentary series The Jewish Underground,

Protest leader: 'Netanyahu built Hamas, Sinwar doesn't want elections'

Huge protests outside the Knesset on Sunday called for elections. A protest leader told 103FM that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built Hamas.

 Protestors demonstrating for the return of the hostages in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024.

Some religious-Zionists see Gaza as a holy war

It’s a vision starkly at odds with Israel’s mainstream, even as the country’s political center has shifted discernibly to the Right in recent years.

 ISRAELIS MARCH near the southern town of Sderot, near the northern Gaza Strip as they take part in the Harel march in support of re-settling the Gaza Strip, on February 29.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Rest of Israel's population cannot be ultra-Orthodox's flak jackets regarding IDF service - opinion

Until now, the discussion on recruiting the ultra-Orthodox centered on the question of “equal burden sharing.” This is an even more significant value today.

 PROTESTERS AT a demonstration in Jerusalem on Monday call for the enlistment of haredim into the military. The placards carry such slogans as ‘Equal service for all.’

Rabbi Haim Pear: The Anglo Jerusalemite fighting municipal inefficiency

Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of the municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat with Rabbi Pear to discuss his entry into politics, as well as what he hopes to advance on the city council.

 Rabbi Haim Pear, founder of Shir Hadash.

The great divide of Jewish thought on the essence of Zionism - opinion

To satisfy the needs of those who require rabbinic guidelines, Israel urgently needs interpreters between the Jewish approaches.

 HOUSING MINISTER Yitzchak Goldknopf of United Torah Judaism, and Tourism Minister Haim Katz of Likud were among those attending the Victory Conference in Jerusalem, last week.