Avi Maoz

Yisca Hayimov, sister of Shin Bet chief David Zini, joins Avi Maoz's far-right Noam LeYisrael party

The ultra-conservative Noam LeYisrael party, led by MK Avi Maoz, opposes homosexuality and has been pushing for expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

Liora Alon and Yisca Hayimov stand with Noam for Israel Party chair MK Avi Maoz.
 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

Noam Party rebrands itself ahead of elections, Maoz calls to 'strengthen right-wing bloc'

MK Avi Maoz, leader of the far-right Noam Party, speaks with the Jerusalem Post on May 18, 2026.

Police investigating suspicious object left outside of MK Avi Maoz's home

MK Avi Maoz, leader of the far-right Noam Party, speaks with the Jerusalem Post on May 17, 2026.

Avi Maoz: Chief Rabbinate control over prayer is the only way to protect Western Wall - interview


Ex-IDF intel chief blasts Maoz for going after IDF women, LGBTQ

The Gender Advisor office was established in recent years after a series of incidents in which commanders and soldiers used their power to sexually assault, harass or otherwise oppress women.

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

LGBTQ+ org. calls for criminal investigation of Noam Party over blacklist

Israeli law forbids "spying on, ambushing or tracking a person's movements or actions" as a form of harassment.

 MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Netanyahu is putting the State of Israel up for sale - opinion

Netanyahu, who is being coerced and has become a hostage in the hands of his tormentors, who smell his weakness. The citizens of Israel are caught in the crossfire.

 Likud Head MK Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2022.

Avi Maoz's Noam holds 'blacklist' of LGBTQ+ Israelis working in media

Noam's documents singled out LGBTQ+ members from different media outlets in order to show how the "LGBTQ+ lobby" controlled the media.

LGBTQ youth protest against far right Noam party at Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem

Hanukkah: Will Netanyahu's gov't cause Israeli civil war? - opinion

Will the theocratic extremism of Smotrich, Maoz and Goldknopf result in another civil war between the Jews? Will our enemies take advantage of our infighting?

 UTJ CHAIRMAN Yitzhak Goldknopf: Interested in finance, not mathematics.

Jerusalem LGBTQ+ org. invites Noam head Avi Maoz to join Pride parade

The Open House raised over NIS 100,000 from a fund established in Noam Party leader Avi Maoz's honor.

Attendees at the Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance march, June 3, 2021.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

I shall be delighted to be able to admit in a year or so, that the pudding was not as bad as I feared, but I am skeptical.

 MK ITAMAR Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend a committee meeting in the Knesset, last week.

The real threat to Israel’s democracy

It is one thing to protest a government and its policies. But to invoke the possibility of creating “a resistance movement” is a potential invitation to anarchy.

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

What are the internal pitfalls that await Israel's new government?

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: The incoming government consists of three far-right parties with extreme leaders.

 THE KNESSET plenum convenes this week.

Noam: How Israeli politics became focused on a party of one

POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Avi Maoz’s coalition partners also have expressed opposition to women being drafted into the IDF or, at the very least, opposition to their joining combat units.

 NOAM HEAD Avi Maoz speaks during a meeting at the Knesset, December 5, 2022.