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."

|ByJEREMY SHARON
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

Bayit Yehudi leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz must now decide whether or not to abandon his alliance with far-right Otzma in order to save his political career

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

Netanyahu calls on Otzma to drop out, Otzma refuses

Bayit Yehudi in chaos, with efforts afoot to oust leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz.

|ByJEREMY SHARON
Shaked, Bennett and Smotrich

Netanyahu pressuring Bennett to bring in far-right party

Less than 24 hours after saying that New Right was running alone as a liberal, right-wing party, Bennett hails unity of entire spectrum of religious-Zionist world; Otzma and Bayit Yehudi are defiant.

|ByJEREMY SHARON

Bennett: Public must choose between Gantz and me for next defense minister

"One of the questions of these elections is who will be the defense minister in the next government — Naftali Bennett or Benny Gantz," he said.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Education Minister Naftali Bennett delivers a statement to members of the media at the Knesset, Jerusalem, 2018.

Bayit Yehudi Anglos head jumps ship to New Right

Bayit Yehudi Anglos leader Jeremy Saltan to join the New Right.

JANUARY 17, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
Jeremy Saltan

Sex, judges and politics: Will latest scandal hurt Shaked?

Shaked has a relatively clean image, and hoped to attract right-of-center voters who were deterred from voting Likud because of corruption allegations against Netanyahu.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByLAHAV HARKOV
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at Kohelet Conference in Jerusalem, October 9, 2018

New Right's Kahana aims for 15 seats in upcoming election

Kahana is a former combat pilot and was commander of the F-16 squadron.

JANUARY 13, 2019ByYVETTE J. DEANE
Matan Kahana, new candidate for The New Right