Religious Zionists

Likud, Netanyahu dropping in public eyes amid Iran war, contentious legislation - poll

This is Likud’s lowest figure since August 2025, when it received 21 seats in a Maariv poll. However, the coalition bloc maintained its strength from last week at 50 seats.

|ByMOSHE COHEN
A LIKUD supporter waves the party’s flag at a gathering, a show of grassroots loyalty which has long defined the movement, even as critics say its primaries have reshaped, and at times distorted, who rises within its ranks.
Ultra orthodox jewish men protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, at the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in the settlement of Alon Shvut, June 3, 2026.

The rabbis attacking Israel’s courts are attacking Religious Zionism - opinion

The very ethos of Religious Zionism is integration: to bridge the sacred and the worldly, and to play an integral role in building the State of Israel.

|ByELAD CAPLAN
People walk past a banner with a picture of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Pakpour, in Tehran Bazaar, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran.

Iran claims to destroy ‘Zionist Christian sect’ in Yazd province

The church leaders were alleged to have recruited new members to pray for Israel’s victory in the war against Tehran.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
RABBI JOSEPH DWECK teaches at The Habura.

'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review

Zionism is too often framed as a late 19th-century Eastern and Central European, largely secular movement, born in response to modern nationalism and antisemitism.

|ByASHLEY PERRY PEREZ

Engage moderate religious Zionists on Israeli judicial reform - opinion

If those who are against the “reform” of the legal system really want to move the needle, they should try and engage with moderate religious Zionists.

JANUARY 30, 2023BySHLOMO FISCHER
Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023.

Religious Zionism: Waging a war for Israel's soul - opinion

We have a government that is arguably more “religious” than any previous one. But the question is, what kind of religion does it practice?

JANUARY 27, 2023BySTEWART WEISS
THEY DO not fly the Blue and White: Hanging the flag in Ramat Gan.

Grapevine January 18, 2023: Saturday night live

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 18, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
DANEL JAFFE breaks a glass at his wedding as his bride, Roni, his mother, Tamar (in blue), the bride’s mother, Yael Levin, and the groom’s father, Zalli Jaffe, look on.

Mainstream religious Zionist rabbi appointed head of Conversion Authority

A new head of the Conversion Authority has been appointed by the Prime Minister's Office.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
The building of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel is located in Jerualem.

Israel's electoral system only harms the country - opinion

The ballots cast by a mere 700,000 voters will now dictate the policies and conduct of the Israeli government in the years to come vis-a-vis its 10 million citizens and, indeed, the entire world.

JANUARY 12, 2023ByLIOR AKERMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting, this past Sunday. Prime ministers who head large parties are required to succumb to policies that do not tally with the desires or needs of most citizens, says the writer.

Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party is becoming anti-Zionist - opinion

Religious Zionists should tell Smotrich and the RZP “not in my name” before the national religious banner is indelibly stained with corruption, draft dodging and unjust discrimination.

JANUARY 6, 2023ByYITZ GREENBERG
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich arrives for a group picture of the new government at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last week.

UTJ's Gafni slams Ben-Gvir, says Temple Mount visit was 'a violation of Jewish law'

Ben-Gvir responded to Gafni's accusations by saying that he should find it "inappropriate to preach morals."

JANUARY 4, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
LEFT: UTJ MK Moshe Gafni, RIGHT: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir

We must save religious Zionism from the Religious Zionist Party - opinion

Do we want a zealous, anti-humanist and anti-democratic Religious Zionist Party alienating Israelis from religious Zionism like the rabbinate does for Judaism?

JANUARY 4, 2023ByGIL TROY
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses a meeting of his Knesset faction on Monday.

The IDF has a problem with female soldiers - opinion

We are already heading in a dangerous direction with female representation in this new government. Will we allow this to happen in the IDF as well?

JANUARY 3, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
IDF CHIEF of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi speaks at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, in Tel Aviv last week. Last year, Kohavi condemned instances of sexual assault and vowed to root them out, but not much has changed, says the writer. (

Israel’s new government and ‘Pauline Kael syndrome’ - opinion

What’s not in question is that the crew now at the helm was elected – democratically – to try and meet some major objectives.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM
Incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset ahead of the special session on Thursday morning to ratify the country's 37th government.