Lehava

Knesset Constitution Committee debates foreign sanctions on Israeli civilians

Foreign Minister Katz said on Wednesday during a meeting with Judea and Samaria heads that there was "no such thing as settler violence."

 Members of the radical right-wing organization Lehava holding placards, 2016.
 Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein and right-wing activists demonstrate against the annual gay pride parade in Jerusalem, 2022

US sanctions Lehava, extremist Israeli organizations blocking Gaza aid

 LEHAVA CHAIRMAN Benzi Gopstein and activists protest the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security, in 2019.

US sanctions Lehava leader, fundraisers for violent settlers

Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

EU sanctions hilltop youth, Lehava for human rights violations in the West Bank


This week in Jerusalem: Hands off

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 LEHAVA CHAIRMAN Benzi Gopstein and activists protest the annual Jerusalem Pride Parade under heavy security, in 2019.

Twitter bans far-right activists Baruch Marzel, Bentzi Gopstein

Marzel was the leader of the right-wing Jewish National Front party and worked for Rabbi Meir Kahane. Gopstein is known for founding the far-right Lehava organization.

The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016.

Effort underway to outlaw Lehava as Jewish terror group

Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak is also seeking to dismantle the “Foundation for the Rescue of the Jewish People,” Lehava’s fundraising arm.

Yitzhak Gabai (C), a member of the right-wing Lehava organization at the courtroom of the District Court in Jerusalem as he arrives to a court hearing on July 22, 2015, Yitzhak Gabai where involved in the arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014.

This is the Lehava activist suspected of sex offenses on 17-year-old

Yitzchak Gabai, who served time in prison after a 2014 arson attempt on a Jerusalem school, is suspected of sexual offenses against a 17-year-old.

Yitzhak Gabai (C), a member of the right-wing Lehava organization at the courtroom of the District Court in Jerusalem as he arrives to a court hearing on July 22, 2015, Yitzhak Gabai where involved in the arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014.

Lehava activist interrogated for sexually assaulting underage girl

"He started to touch me: leg, hands, back, face. I froze. He kissed me on the forehead and I said, 'Stop, stop, I'm not comfortable.'"

Ben-Zion Gopstein (left), leader of the group Lehava, gathers with some of his young followers in Jerusalem in 2014

Police question Gopstein, Marzel on suspicion of incitement to racism

The two were interrogated after issuing videos addressing "the causes and dangers of assimilation" and for calling to strike the enemy "with the Ten Plagues."

Baruch Marzel argues with Palestinian tour guide in Hebron, Rabbi Bentzi Gopstein

7,500 march in Jerusalem LGBTQ+ Pride parade

No violent incidents were reported during the event

Jerusalem Pride Parade 2021

Lod struggles to find way forward after Israeli-Arab riots

So much in Lod still remains unresolved: why the riots started, who is ultimately responsible and, most importantly, how to move forward.

Coexistence crisis in Lod.

How can Israel respond to rocket fire? - editorial

Hamas has a history of using rocket attacks on Israel to get what it wants. This time, as an election ploy.

THE IRON Dome fires an interceptor missile as rockets are launched from Gaza, near Sderot in August 2018.

Anti-violence protests to bring together Arabs, Jews amid clashes, riots

A demonstration bringing together anti-violence Arabs and Jews will begin in the evening in Jerusalem in order to oppose recent clashes between Jewish right-wing extremists and extremist Arabs.

Israeli border police clash with Palestinians outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 15, 2021.