New Right

Yamina will sit in opposition, preparing for ‘day after Netanyahu’

The decision was made after negotiations with the Likud, which said that this government "will apply sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, and it is a shame that Yamina will not be part of this."

The New Right's Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked walk off after exit polls show they won't enter the 21st Knesset
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem January 27, 2019.

Bennett blows up effort to bring far Right into right-wing alliance

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu has opposed the International Criminal Court’s investigation.

Netanyahu calls on Otzma to drop out, Otzma refuses

Shaked, Bennett and Smotrich

Netanyahu pressuring Bennett to bring in far-right party


Right-wing parties form alliance to be led by Shaked

Agreement requires all parties to back Netanyahu for prime minister after September elections.

Ayelet Shaked hosts a goodbye party as she leaves her position as Justice Minister.

No unity deal on right-wing as New Right balks at explicitly backing Bibi

New Right candidate: We won’t back new elections if Netanyahu can’t form a gov't

New Right's Ayelet Shaked and Bayit Yehudi's Rafi Peretz

Religion and politics stop at the water’s edge - analysis

Ultimately, it was the allure of a great slice of the Knesset pie that convinced all sides they needed to come together despite their ideological differences.

Head of New Right party Ayelet Shaked

Peretz concedes top spot on joint list to Shaked

Recordings of Peretz’s wife confirm Netanyahu tried to stymie Shaked from heading joint list

Ayelet Shaked and Rafi Peretz

Rafi Peretz: Ayelet Shaked will lead Union of Right-Wing Parties

“In the Knesset we will operate as an independent faction,” said Bennett during a Facebook live stream video.

Ayelet Shaked and Rafi Peretz

URP official: Shaked is a figurehead, Bennett pulls the strings

The New Right Party denied the claims, calling the reports "nonsense."

Head of New Right party Naftali Bennett [L] and MK Ayelet Shaked [R]

Talks on uniting right begin between Rafi Peretz and Ayelet Shaked

A statement issued by the party said that the meeting was "good and productive."

Ayelet Shaked and Rafi Peretz

Sadan denies backing Shaked for head of joint religious right-wing parties

Eliyahu’s support for Shaked would be somewhat surprising since he signed a letter just a few weeks ago stating that the head of any joint list of religious parties should be someone religious.

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at a press conference announcing Israel's acceptance to the FATF, December 10th, 2018

Shaked to lead New Right Party in September elections

"The differences among us are insignificant," she said. "A merger is the insurance certificate of the values of the ideological Right."

Head of New Right party Naftali Bennett [L] and MK Ayelet Shaked [R]

Shaked to announce her future Sunday night

Netanyahu summons Rafi Peretz to plan strategy

Head of the New Right Party Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, 2019.