Yisrael Beyteinu

Liberman warns US could recognize Palestinian state, sanction Israel within two years

Bennett calls for bringing Israeli talent home as political leaders address venture capital summit ahead of elections.

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Avigdor Liberman tours the US base located near the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, which is expected to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli Knesset Member Esterina Tartman arrives at a press conference of the Israel Beiteinu Party, in Jerusalem on March, 01, 2007.

Former Yisrael Beytenu MK Esterina Tartman dies at 68

After retiring from political life, Tartman turned to private business and public activity outside of government.

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Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

Liberman's unified strategy is key for state-oriented Zionist bloc's victory in elections - opinion

To the attention of all my colleagues in the opposition: Only a firm decision by all of us to adhere to these principles and maintain a bloc-wide strategy will bring us a clear and decisive victory.

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President of the Supreme Court Isaac Amit arrives for a hearing on petitions alleging flaws in the legislative process of the Communications Bill at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 13, 2026.

High Court names nine-justice panel to hear petitions on law halting arrest of haredi draft dodgers

The dispute comes after a succession of increasingly forceful High Court judgments on inequality in military service and the government’s failure to enforce the existing draft law.

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Agriculture Minister meets settler leaders, pledges to develop West Bank

The meeting dealt Judea, Samaria and Jordan Valley regional councils' needs in terms of urban development and support of the region's extensive agriculture.

AUGUST 6, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Agriculture Minister Oded Forer meets with Yesha Council heads, August 5th 2021.

'Bring vodka:' Shas MK blasted for racist comments towards Yesh Atid MK

"What national pride have you brought? An interior minister convicted of accepting bribes and sitting in jail?" MK Vladimir Beliak said, as Shas MKs yelled "Vodka, vodka" from the opposition benches.

AUGUST 4, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Shas MK Moshe Abutbul

Ex-deputy minister Kirschenbaum to serve 10 years in prison for bribery

Likud: Proves it's wrong to "put the national treasury in the hands of the most corrupt person in the history of the state"

JULY 14, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE, GIL HOFFMAN
Faina Kirschenbaum

Yisrael Beiteinu MK Eli Avidar remains committed to new government

Even though Yisrael Beiteinu MK Eli Avidar was disappointed that he didn’t get an executive role in the new cabinet, he said he still supports the new government.

JUNE 20, 2021ByBEN BARUCH
Eli Avidar signs the Hozeh Hamedina document stating the principles of the protest group.

New government to include Druze minister after dispute

Hamed Amar to become minister in the Finance Ministry after Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar declined the post as it wasn't the position he had been hoping for.

JUNE 13, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN
Knesset Member Hamed Amar speaks during the Interior Affairs Committee meeting discussing a law proposal for limiting the age for weapons licences, at the Knesset, on June 14, 2016. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

Yisrael Beytenu stays steady in exit polls

United Torah Judaism MK Uri Maklev condemns Liberman’s comments, calling the Yisrael Beytenu leader ‘a racist and a tyrant.’

MARCH 23, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Head of Yisrael Beytenu Party, Avigdor Liberman, together with his wife, Ella Liberman, voted in a polling station near their house in Nokdim.

Calls for incitement investigation against Liberman gather steam

‘Bibi and Haredim are on a wheelbarrow to the dump,’ says Yisrael Beytenu leader.

MARCH 14, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman visits the Jordan Valley.

MK's public statement that he will not vaccinate causes political storm

"It’s in the interest of [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and the Health Ministry to scare us," MK Eli Avidar claimed in an interview.

FEBRUARY 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a dose of Sinovac's CoronaVac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Chile starts to vaccinate elderly people living in nursing homes in Santiago, Chile, February 4, 2021.

Netanyahu, Sa’ar, Bennett trade barbs as fight on Right begins

Poll finds Sa’ar-Yamina bond would beat Likud by six seats.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar (R) submits his resignation letter to Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin at the Knesset, December 9, 2020

70 Members of the Knesset sign pact of mutual respect

The MKs have promised to try to treat each other more cordially from now on.

OCTOBER 20, 2020ByGIL HOFFMAN
Shas MK Moshe Arbel with Minister in the Ministry of Defense Michael Biton of Blue and White present the Covenant for Mutual Respect to President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday.