Zehut announces it will run alone
Ex-MK Moshe Feiglin blasts New Right for avoiding talks with Zehut party, vows to run alone for the Knesset.
Ex-MK Moshe Feiglin blasts New Right for avoiding talks with Zehut party, vows to run alone for the Knesset.

Moshe Feiglin criticizes New Right's Ayelet Shaked for refusing merger with his Zehut party, says refusal will enable unity government.

Despite failure in previous election and amid turmoil within the party, libertarian-leaning Zehut party will run again, vows Moshe Feiglin.

Internal elections for Zehut party leader planned for today canceled at last minute after only challenger to Moshe Feiglin withdraws.

Zehut party chairman says he can run together with the New Right, but doesn't have enough in common with the Jewish Home and National Union.

Moshe Feiglin drops demand to lead New Right - Zehut alliance removing primary stumbling block to joint ticket.

Disagreement over who leads joint list holding up New Right-Zehut union.

Zehut chairman says he wants to join with New Right party, but emphasizes that if union fails, Zehut will run anyways.

No alliance talks until after July 15th, says New Right party, denying reports it reached preliminary agreement with Zehut for joint run.

Zehut and New Right parties lay foundation for joint ticket, reaching understanding on key issues.

Former MK Moshe Feiglin calls for formation of 'Israeli Republican Party', uniting Zehut with Naftali Bennett's New Right.

Feiglin wants Bennett to decide by the end of the week whether they're running together as a joint party.

"We cannot wait another generation to bring Zehut's philosophy," says party chairman.

Jewish Home leader calls on Bennett and Feiglin to join united right-wing list, suggesting Shaked be number 2 on such a list.

MK Idit Silman condemns women's organizations for remaining silent after a Palestinian Authority Arab 'rips a little girl to pieces.'

Zehut chair addresses fact that provocative comic remains in party. 'Thanks to him, 99% of Israelis who circumcise know they do by choice.'

Zehut chairman is interested in technical bloc with Shaked and Bennett, but rejects United Right. 'Zehut is not part of Religious Zionism.'


New Right chief Naftali Bennett reportedly making overtures to Zehut, Jewish Home, National Union, Otzma Yehudit for rightist alliance.

New Right chairman and Zehut chairman reportedly held a "long and good" meeting this week.

American-Israeli journalist who ran on New Right ticket explains her party's defeat - and why she's believes its policies won out.

'Those who supported the New Right were the ones who transcended the sectarianism that has always characterized religious politics.'

Feiglin says he had planned to insist on both preserving Jerusalem and legalizing cannabis in coalition negotiations.

'Despite the smear campaigns, the delegitimization and dehumanization we suffered,120,000 Israelis voted for Zehut,' Feiglin says.

Ex-MK Moshe Feiglin blames 'coordinated effort' against Zehut by factions on both the Right and Left for electoral defeat.

Despite exit polls showing Zehut party failing to cross the threshold, Moshe Feiglin says soldiers' votes could bring them over the top.

MK Oren Hazan meets Moshe Feiglin during tour of Tel Aviv beach and confronts him: 'Dope up the public with drugs and slogans.'

Kulanu chairman warns: Israel is headed towards a government of social and economic cruelty.

Zehut chief says media aiding campaign against his party, spreading 'fake news' to scare off voters. 'They want to preserve the status quo.'

Justice Minister discusses escalation with Hamas, makes clear that missiles aimed at Israel should not be accepted.

Moshe Feiglin claims that Ben Ari's disqualification proves that nothing has changed, blasts Ayelet Shaked.


National Union Chair: 'Collection of invertebrate creatures lining up with any populist fashion now chasing after false messiah Feiglin.'

Zehut files police complaint after extreme rightists threaten party leader over anti-circumcision candidate.

National Union chair slams Zehut chair over cannabis legalization statements. 'If so, he won't enter government as long as it's up to me.'

PM says Zehut party taking 1 Knesset seat from Likud, 1 from New Right, could cost the Right its majority by failing to cross threshold.

"No one will establish a government without legalization," Zehut chairman says, noting his party will demand finance, education portfolios.

Recent polls show ex-Likud MK's new Zehut party crossing the threshold. Are these polls outliers - or does Feiglin really have a chance?

Zehut chairman calls on activists not to get too excited about poll granting his party 5 seats, but asserts Zehut can also reach 15 seats.

Internal poll shows unified list of five small right-wing parties winning a dozen seats. If they run separately - zero seats.

Zehut party leader laments politics of personality, lack of ideas put forth by political parties.

Feiglin: Never before has a party been established in Israel that respects the citizen and his intelligence.

Head of Zehut party Moshe Feiglin says that he doesn’t see a difference between the proposed paths towards peace between right and left.

Former Shas MK and Am Shalem chairman joins Moshe Feiglin's party, pledges moderate and inclusive religious voice.

Israel's left appears slowly fading into political dustbin of history, as right emerges as favorite in polls.

Zehut conditions future political agreements on legalization: 'One who broke law to acquire medicine he needs will receive my full backing.'

Zehut chairman explains why he won't form an alliance with Otzma Yehudit. "They want to protest against Bibi, we're not interested in that."

Cultural Loyalty Law: 'Lucky for us, King Saul didn't allocate culture budget to David, otherwise Book of Psalms would never have come out.'

In response to Rabin's granddaughter's fiery speech at memorial, Zehut chairman speaks about what he sees as the real reason for the murder.

Former MK Moshe Feiglin rejects Deri's remarks on Oslo Accords, blasts distortion of history.

Ex-MK backs soldier son, who was booted from combat position for calling to refuse orders that endanger soldiers during riots.

Moshe Feiglin backs up his son after he was expelled from combat for calling on fellow troops to refuse orders.

IDF kicks out politician's son after he wrote a viral Facebook post calling on troops to refuse orders that endangered them.

Ex-MK expresses support for soldier son, who says he will refuse orders endangering soldiers' lives 'in the name of political correctness.'

A number of new parties - most led by former lawmakers - will vie for a place in the next Knesset. But what are their chances?

New poll sheds light on smaller faction's chances of passing electoral threshold for the Knesset.

Ex-Likud MK, Zehut party says Trump admin. open to alternative solutions to conflict, but Netanyahu gov't has failed to propose alternative.

'Israel is a Jewish state and should remain so. In order for it to be good for all of us, we must agree on this point.'

Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef, former Chief Rabbi of Hevron Dov Lior, MK Yehuda Glick, ex-MK Moshe Feiglin on Hamas hit list.

Former MK Moshe Feiglin: I often saw Herzog at the Knesset chapel, but never saw Netanyahu there.
