Union of Right-Wing Parties

Why Israel's right-wing voters feel the system is stacked against them – opinion

Right-wing voters justifiably fear living under institutions that have been contaminated by rigid ideologies

The Likud primaries in Ashdod, August 17, 2026.
The Swedish flag is seen at Gamla Stan, the Old City of Stockholm, Sweden, May 7, 2017.

Swedish man sentenced for involvement in neo-Nazi group

The far-right Otzma Yehudit Party registers for the September elections

Likud laments lost seats due to split on Right; Otzma to run alone

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

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


Far-right demands Education or Justice portfolio

Smotrich said he would not accept the Construction portfolio

Bezalel Smotrich

Bennett, Shaked appear to be out of Knesset as URP surges

Bennett told his supporters that he believed that once the soldiers votes were counted, the party would have enough support to enter the Knesset.

NAFTALI BENNETT and Ayelet Shaked: What needs to be done is to shake up the spirit of the security establishment

Israeli right-wing parties battle for votes, “situation is bad.”

“We need your immediate help. Focus all your votes on the New Right, the letter Nun in the polls."

Naftali Bennett voting with his wife, Gila

Union of Right-Wing Parties

Union of Right-Wing Parties (URP) made a last-minute campaign promise, saying they will reduce the supplementary payments parents will have to pay for children in religious-Zionist schools.

Activist of Otzma Yehudit and the URP block the Kerem Shalom crossing

URP warns Netanyahu, New Right trying to ‘drink our votes with a straw’

In a video released Sunday afternoon, MK Bezalel Smotrich released a video warning “we knew in advance they’ll come to drink [votes] with a straw.”

National Union leader MK Betzalel Smotrich

Ready. Set. Campaign!

Supporters from the Likud and the Union of Right-Wing Parties were out in full force on the streets of Israel hoping to garner support for their respective parties.

ANOTHER ROUND of elections is upon us

Otzma Yehudit and URP activists block the Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza

Police forces arrived at the scene and detained three suspects.

Activist of Otzma Yehudit and the URP block the Kerem Shalom crossing

High Court rules against bumping Otzma up URP list

The High Court of Justice rejected Union of Right-Wing Parties candidate Itamar Ben-Gvir’s petition to be moved from seventh to fifth place on his party’s list.

Itamar Ben-Gvir from the Otzma Yehudit party, attends a hearing at Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem March 13, 2019

Smotrich proposes bill to reverse Ben-Ari disqualification

The Union of Right-Wing Parties (URP) is preparing for the aftermath of Supreme Court ban.

Gavel [Illustrative]

Smotrich sees himself on the frontlines of a battle for Israel’s future

Smotrich has long been the Israeli Left’s bogeyman.

MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH: ‘If I become education minister… we will be much more pluralist and open to different attitudes.’