Union of Right-Wing Parties

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

“Shaked promised a large Republican party and we got a little Bayit Yehudi,” Ben-Gvir said. “Now I just hope they don’t let a left-wing government be formed.”

The far-right Otzma Yehudit Party registers for the September elections
Head of New Right party Naftali Bennett [L] and MK Ayelet Shaked [R]

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

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

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

New Right leaders Ayelet Shaked and Naftali Bennett

Ayelet Shaked: We won’t ask for Defense Ministry


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.’

URP’s Peretz apologizes for comparing gay people to dogs

“I have two dogs. Do they also need a pride parade?” Peretz said, according to Srugim, a religious-Zionist news site.

Rabbi Rafi Peretz, the recently elected chairman of the Bayit Yehudi party