Dudi Amsalem

'Chutzpan': Netanyahu removes Smotrich, Amsalem from cabinet meeting after shouting match

The clash intensified when Smotrich said, “Who are you anyway? Why are you interfering?" and Amsalem replied, “You’re not speaking politely, don’t call me chutzpan.”

|ByAVI SOLOMON
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at cabinet meeting to vote on 2026 budget, December 5, 2025.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on July 23, 2025.

Power struggles emerge in Netanyahu's Likud internal elections ahead of national primaries

The clashes over local and Central Committee seats are exposing power struggles ahead of the national primaries as political consultants play central roles on many competing lists.

|ByAVI SOLOMON
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 27, 2025.

New bills on gov't owned companies 'harmful to public' -Dep. AG

Two bill proposals to amend a law that oversees appointments in government-owned companies “harmful to the public," Deputy Attorney-General Gil Limon wrote

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
MK Dudi Amsalem reacts during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Likud minister calls for civil war to 'defeat Left'

Minister Amsalem suggests civil war may be needed to "defeat the Left," while opposition leader Lapid warns of a "criminal government."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Netanyahu 'trying to hurt me' after Ra'am gov't comment - Amsalem

Amsalem: After we have 61, Mansour Abbas can join • Netanyahu: Amsalem's opinion was his alone; Ra'am is 'antisemitic and anti-Zionist'

JUNE 26, 2022ByELIAV BREUER
David Amsalem

Dudi Amsalem's vile rhetoric needs to stop - editorial

Dudi Amsalem made a speech about Supreme Court President Esther Hayut that was so bad, she broke from tradition and responded.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022ByJPOST EDITORIAL
MK David Amsalem (Likud) at the Knesset Plenum, January 3, 2022.

Supreme Court President Hayut denies Amsalem's racism claims

In a rare move, Israel's Supreme Court President Esther Hayut responded to Likud MK David Amsalem's insinuation that the court is racist.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, SARAH BEN-NUN
SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Ester Hayut presides over a hearing in Jerusalem in May.

COVID, snow and a slumbering Knesset - the week that was

The great disgrace in the Knesset last week was the session on Wednesday, January 26, to honor the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was attended by only two ministers and 12 MKs.

JANUARY 30, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Labor party MK Emilie Moatti arrives to a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on April 26, 2021.

Knesset rejects amendment for canceling tax exemption for Netanyahu

"During an unprecedented economic crisis, it doesn't make sense for the prime minister to enjoy a total tax exemption for benefits provided to him by the state coffers."

NOVEMBER 4, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Government-Knesset Liaison Dudi Amsalem spoke on behalf of the government and criticized MK Mickey Levy for proposing the amendment, November 4, 2020.

Video of soldiers enforcing protest near Knesset causes political uproar

"We emphasize that the soldiers are operating in accordance with government decisions and as part of the nationwide effort of combating the coronavirus pandemic," the IDF noted.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL, MAARIV ONLINE
An Israeli police officer and an Israeli soldier at a temporary "checkpoint" in Jerusalem, to check people are not disobeying the governments orders on a partial lockdown, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus on March 31, 2020.