Tzachi Hanegbi

Gov't unanimously approves Shmuel Ben Ezra's appointment to National Security Council

Ben Ezra has more than 30 years of experience in security, technology, and cyber, and had led the development of the Arrow-3 air defense system.

SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.
SHMUEL BEN-EZRA.

PM Netanyahu appoints Shmuel Ben Ezra as new National Security Council chief

 Former National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi seen at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025

Ex-NSC chief Tzachi Hanegbi slams haredi draft bill, warns it endangers Israel’s future

Outgoing supreme court justice Yosef Elron, president Yitzhak Amit and Supreme court justices a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court judge Yosef Elron, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem. September 18, 2025.

Israel cannot wait for state investigation into October 7 failures - editorial


The race for chairman of KKL-JNF is heating up

The nomination of a new chairman for KKL-JNF is getting mixed up with the ongoing Knesset coalition talks and Likud party politics.

KKL-JNF building in Jerusalem

Hanegbi's primary slump means end of an era at Likud - analysis

While once a rising star in the Likud, Hanegbi has been going downhill for a number of years.

Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

Netanyahu angers Right, ignores outposts, nods to Palestinian building

The Right holds that Palestinian building in Area C helps cement the Palestinian presence there.

A view shows the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank February 25, 2020.

Hanegbi: Palestinian building approvals must go to Security Cabinet

Israeli approvals for Palestinian building in Area C is rare and often sets off a storm of controversy.

FILE PHOTO: General view shows houses in Shvut Rachel, a West Bank Jewish settlement located close to the Jewish settlement of Shilo, near Ramallah October 6, 2016

Cornerstone laid for Geula Cohen's memorial 'cabin'

The memorial cabin will include a visitor's center with displays on Cohen's life.

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi speaks at the ceremony where the cornerstone of Geula's Cabin, a memorial project for Geula Cohen, is laid.

Politicians may bypass gov't, ask Knesset to legalize West Bank outposts

At issue are the fate of over 70 unauthorized fledgling communities built over the last three decades.

MK Avi Dichter (Likud) and Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz in the Givat Harel outpost on Sunday.

Settlers: Why is Netanyahu delaying outpost legalization?

“For the young settlements [outposts] there is only one solution: approve a government decision to authorize the communities."

MK Nir Barkat (Likud) and South Hebron Hills Regional Council head Yochai Damri in the Avigail outpost in the South Hebron Hills.

Gantz supports outpost legalization, Minister tells right-wing rally

They had gathered during the government’s weekly meeting to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately hold a vote on the matter.

Higher Education Minister Ze'ev Elkin and Settlement Affairs Minister Tzachi Hanegbi of the Likud Party attend a rally supporting the legalization of outposts.

Netanyahu supports gov't vote on legalizing West Bank outposts

Hanegbi to ‘Post’: Initial list includes 69 communities

Then-minister without a portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi catches the ear of then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in 2016.

Ministerial disconnect from Israeli society - Analysis

Hanegbi has been an MK for more than 30 years and currently enjoys a ministerial salary for an undetermined job in an overinflated government.

Minister Tzachi Hanegbi