Yamina

Ayelet Shaked: I'm not sorry that I joined Bennett-Lapid coalition

"Ministerial success is not always politically rewarding," according to Shaked, who also estimates that housing prices will moderate and maybe decrease this year.

|ByYEHUDA SHARONI/MAARIV
Ayelet Shaked, Interior Minister and head of the Jewish Home party speaks during a press conference in Ramat Gan, October 25, 2022.
Head of the Otzma Yehudit Party MK Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to supporters as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, at the party's campaign headquarters in Jerusalem, November 1, 2022.

Many Ben-Gvir voters were Bennett voters. Why are they seen as racist? - opinion

Why are those Yamina voters in the 2021 elections, who were then perceived as kosher and legitimate for many in the center-left bloc, now seen as messianic, nationalist and racist?

|ByORI WERTMAN
Naftali Bennett gives a speech during a ceremony for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in November 2021.

Bennett may quit gov’t after election, ending veto power

This would leave the right-wing bloc in the government without a right of veto until the next government is formed.

|ByELIAV BREUER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yamina MK Idit Silman at the Knesset, April 25, 2022.

High Court hears petitions about if Silman, Chikli can run for Knesset

Central Election Committee head and High Court Justice Yitzhak Amit ruled that Yamina MK Silman was permitted to run with the Likud.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Bennett: 'I have begun talks to form a national unity government'

The Likud Party responded to Bennett, saying in a statement that Bennett wants to be prime minister at all costs, including at the cost of [forming] a left-wing government"

APRIL 24, 2021ByCODY LEVINE, GIL HOFFMAN, JEREMY SHARON
Naftali Bennett

Naftali Bennett to Liberman: No deal on ultra-Orthodox

"Bennett will not accept a boycott of haredim or any other group in Israel," a Yamina spokesperson said.

APRIL 23, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Naftali Bennett, head of Yamina party and party members seen with Yamina supporters at the party headquarters in Petah Tikva, on elections night, on March 23, 2021.

Why did Ayelet Shaked meet Mossad chief Cohen week before election?

The purpose of the meeting though so close to elections, did raise eyebrows.

APRIL 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked is seen guesturing amid the preliminary vote to dissolve the Knesset on December 2, 2020.

Yamina MK urges Health Min. to adopt new policies following allergy death

In a letter to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Idit Sliman on Monday presented a list of reform suggestions to be adopted in order to ensure public safety where allergies are involved.

APRIL 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Galit Deri, mother of Osher Deri, a 23-year-old woman with a milk allergy that passed away after she was served milk ice cream at a kosher meat restaurant, speaks with the media in Hatzor HaGlilit, northern Israel, April 15, 2021.

Lapid says Rivlin will give him next mandate

Yesh Atid leader reaches out to Shas, United Torah Judaism.

APRIL 18, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Yesh Atid Chairman Yair Lapid speaking at a press conference.

Key Knesset vote to test Naftali Bennett's alliance with Netanyahu

Zohar: If Yamina does not back this proposal, it means it has joined the left-wing bloc, breaking its promises to its voters.

APRIL 18, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
NAFTALI BENNETT: I need 15 seats, which would be the critical mass needed to be able to form a government.

Netanyahu turns to Sa'ar as RZP remain firm in rejection of Ra'am

Smotrich posted video comparing Monsour Abbas to PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

APRIL 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, JEREMY SHARON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 2021 International Bible Contest for Youth on Thursday, Israel's Independence Day, April 15, 2021.

Shaked touted as foreign minister in Netanyahu-led government

Shaked speaks English well and regularly dealt with international relations when she was justice minister and a member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet.

APRIL 15, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Yamina MK Ayelet Shaked is seen at the inauguration of the 24th Knesset, on April 6, 2021.

What's kingmaker Naftali Bennett really thinking?

JPost One-on-One Weekly Zoomcast - Episode 14 with Gil Hoffman and the Yamina's party candidate Jeremy Saltan.

APRIL 8, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Naftali Bennett and party members are seen with Yamina supporters at the party headquarters in Petah Tikva, on elections night, on March 23, 2021.

Israel left in limbo as political deadlock left unresolved - analysis

None of the sides reached an agreement on how to share power and form a government in initial talks.

APRIL 6, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israel Elections: A polling station in Jerusalem, as Israelis vote in their general elections, on March 23, 2021.