Gideon Sa'ar

Liberman:

'This is why they didn't want me in the War Cabinet'

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman attacks Minister Benny Gantz for vetoing Liberman and Sa'ar's entry into the War Cabinet: Is this unity?

Sa'ar's ultimatum to Netanyahu

New Hope leader Gideon Sa'ar has declared that he will leave the emergency government if he is not added to the War Cabinet.

MK Sharren Haskel:

'Sa'ar is right-wing, Gantz is left-wing'

MK Sharren Haskel explains why the New Hope Party decided to split from Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party.

Kan pollster:

'A third of Israel has become more right-wing'

A new poll shows a widespread shift among Israeli political views due to the October 7th massacre.

Poll:

Sa'ar wins 5 seats after splitting from Gantz

Poll examines scenario in which Sa'ar teams up with Naftali Bennett and Yossi Cohen. Such a party wins 17 seats and tips the scales in the next elections.

MK Danny Danon:

Time to go into Rafah and finish the job with Hamas

'We will go all the way until Hamas is eradicated. Many terrorists found a safe place in Rafah, we have no other option,' MK Danny Danon tells Arutz Sheva.

Political upheaval:

Sa'ar breaks from National Unity party

Benny Gantz's party breaks up as Gideon Sa'ar announces decision to make New Hope an independent faction so its voice will be reflected in the War Cabinet.

New poll:

Bennett - 9 seats, Yoaz Hendel - 5, Yossi Cohen - 5

New poll examines what would happen if three separate parties led by Naftali Bennett, Yossi Cohen and Yoaz Hendel, run in the election. All of them cross the threshold.

Minister Sa'ar:

'I'm in favor of early elections, but after the war'

Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at the 21st Jerusalem Conference on the issue of control of Gaza after the war: We must realize the goal of destroying Hamas in order to have an alternative.

Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

'A Palestinian state will perpetuate the conflict'

Minister Gideon Sa’ar at conference in Berlin: A Palestinian state will be a Hamas state that will destabilize the region.

Gideon Sa'ar:

'Humanitarian aid to Gaza must be stopped'

New Hope chairman speaks to activists, calls for the humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip to stop immediately.

Gideon Sa'ar:

'Any price' just pushes a deal farther away

Minister Gideon Sa'ar gives his answers for some of the most pressing questions in Israeli society today.

Gideon Sa'ar: 'Now is not the time for elections'

Min. Gideon Sa'ar agrees PM Netanyahu bears responsibility for 7/10 massacre, says priority needs to be fighting Hamas. 'Now is not the time for elections.'

Sa'ar to activists:

'We're not going back to the Likud, period'

Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks to New Hope Party activists, comments on possibility that he will join the Likud Party after the war.

MK Nissim Vaturi: Bring Gideon Sa'ar back to Likud

Likud MK Nissim Vaturi: Unity government should be expanded and include Liberman - but not Lapid.

Minister Sa'ar:

'The time for political correction will come after the war'

Minister Gideon Sa'ar lights candles with bereaved families: We will not agree to a Palestinian terror state of terror.

Gideon Sa'ar:

Hamas uninterested in releasing hostages

Min. Gideon Sa'ar says war has not yet been decided, Hamas uninterested in releasing hostages.

Knesset approves unity govt

Netanyahu: 10-7 the most horrible day for Jews since Holocaust

'This really is a war for our home.  And it must end with one thing, a complete victory. And the crushing and elimination of Hamas.'

MK Sa'ar to leftist protesters

Don't be enticed to turn protest into a battle against religion

'Those who curse and shame religious Jews are not protecting the character of Tel Aviv as a liberal and free city,' MK Gideon Sa'ar says.

Sa'ar:

'There are disturbing things in the proposed Saudi deal'

MK Gideon Sa'ar says Saudi demand to enrich uranium on its soil as part of an agreement with Israel is concerning.

Rothman on Gideon Sa'ar:

'He's always been consistent on the issue of infiltrators'

MK Simcha Rothman praises former Justice Minister's actions against infiltrators.

New bill aims to ensure fair child support

MK Gideon Sa'ar proposes bill to ensure child support rulings are objective and fair.

Sa'ar accuses MInister Amsalem of inciting murder of A-G

Former Justice Minister tells current Justice Minister he must condemn Amsalem's statement A-G is 'most dangerous person in Israel.'

National Unity prepares for party primaries

The party's election process is being slowed reportedly due to disagreements between its different factions.

MK Gideon Sa'ar:

'Keep the disagreements out of the cemeteries'

MK Sa'ar: We don't want to create a situation where cemeteries become a place of political confrontation.

Op-ed:

Oy! But this, too, is for the best

The legitimacy born of a readiness to explore compromise will help with “swing voters” in the next elections.Op-ed.

MK Gideon Sa'ar:

'Netanyahu will tear the Likud apart'

Former Justice Minister: We are expecting a pause in the legislation in order to promote dialogue, but the government is not slowing down.

Judicial Reform

Sa'ar: Democratic regime is under political attack

Former Justice Minister: This isn't Levin's reform, it is Netanyahu's.

After four-hour filibuster:

Knesset approves 'Deri-Smotrich Law' in first reading

Knesset approves bill allowing Deri to be appointed a minister and giving Smotrich powers over the Civil Administration.

Opposition seeks to delay passage of bills needed to form govt.

Justice Minister Sa'ar to formulate outgoing govt.'s position on bills in coalition agreements as Elkin acts to delay them.

Labor leader to Pres. Herzog:

Don't give Netanyahu another 14 days

'Netanyahu seeks to deal severe blow to democratic nature of the State,' MK Merav Michaeli alleges.

Justice Minister to president: Don't extend Netanyahu's mandate

Gideon Sa'ar, Justice Minister and former Likud lawmaker, presses President Herzog not to grant Netanyahu extension to form government.

Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

'The new coalition is dragging Israel to a dangerous place'

Justice Minister blasts Override Clause: There can be no Western democracy that does not have judicial review of legislation.

Naftali Bennett:

'We need a wide unity government based on the largest parties'

The Alternate Prime Minister stated that the best thing for Israel would be a unity government., refused to say if he will support Shaked.

Gideon Sa'ar:

'Yair Lapid will not be able to form the next government'

In interview with Arab media, Sa'ar blasts Lapid's comments on two-state solution, calls for an arrangement based on Begin's autonomy plan.

Gantz: Sa'ar and Elkin moved to the center when they joined me

National Unity party leader says his party is firmly against cancelling Disengagement Law despite previous positions of right-wing members.

2022 Elections:

Aryeh Deri, Moshe Gafni no longer on speaking terms

Gafni also furious with Sa'ar, who almost caused rift in UTJ.

Justice Minister rules out government with Joint Arab List

'We won't agree to a government that relies on the Joint List, period,' says Justice Minister and National Unity candidate Gideon Sa'ar.

Justice Minister: 'Likud is poisoning the public'

Justice Min. Gideon Sa'ar claims Likud 'poisoning the public,' wants 'complete politicization' of judicial system.

Eizenkot: 'We have no right not to have a functioning gov't'

The former Chief of Staff held his first conference after declaring his entry into politics alongside Ministers Gantz and Sa'ar.

Former IDF Chief of Staff to join Gantz and Sa'ar

Former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot has announced that he will be joining Gantz and Sa'ar's State Camp party for the next Knesset.

Justice Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

'We won't bring back Netanyahu'

New Hope Chairman: "If Netanyahu doesn't have 61 Knesset seats, there will be far-reaching developments"

Sa'ar: National plan needed to protect land of Judea and Samaria

Justice Minister tours part of Samaria, vows to work to combat PA takeover of Area C,

Terror victim's widow: Don't reward terrorism, build Homesh

Widow of Yehuda Dimentman writes to Justice Minister Sa'ar quoting his own words about legalizing the yeshiva in response to terror.

2022 Elections:

Ex-Likud New Hope MK jumps ship to Yesh Atid

"What won't people do for a Knesset seat!" responds Likud's Miri Regev.

Benny Begin steps away from politics

Benny Begin announces he won't run for the Knesset due to the fact that he is about to turn 80, but will remain a member of New Hope Party.

Morocco and Israel agree to establish legal cooperation

Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Moroccan counterpart sign memorandum of understanding on legal cooperation.

Gideon Sa’ar: Ego trumps principles

There is no disavowing the betrayal of Israel in aligning with the Islamists of Ra’am, no matter what the partys' platforms now claim.Op-ed.

Sa'ar: Gantz today is not the Gantz of 2019

Justice Minister says merging with Blue and White was necessary to prevent 'extremist' govt. under Netanyahu.

Father killed daughter, planned to murder son

A Beit Shemesh man is suspected of planning to murder his son and daughter at once, but took his own life before his son came home.

Report:

Sa'ar nearly became Deputy Foreign Minister

Lapid sought to appoint Sa'ar as Deputy Foreign Minister, but the talks fell through due to Sa'ar's alliance with Gantz.

Sa'ar meets former IDF Chief of Staff Eizenkot

Justice Minister meets former Chief of Staff in an attempt to persuade him to join the "Blue and White-New Hope" slate.

Sa'ar:

'There is no merger with Blue and White'

Justice Minister stresses to party activists that New Hope is not disbanding or merging with another party.

Shaked to Sa'ar:

You negotiated with Netanyahu's people for several weeks

'Anyone who votes for Ayelet Shaked knows she will go with Netanyahu,' Justice Min. Sa'ar says.

Sa'ar: New Hope will run alone in elections

"Voters know we deliver on our promises, and we will succeed."

New Hope chief vows:

'I'll never join government with Netanyahu'

Justice Minister and chairman of center-right New Hope faction rules out support for Netanyahu-led government after election.

Minister Gideon Sa'ar:

'The Likud is bribing all kinds of people'

Justice Minister denies he plans to resign from the coalition: I will not bring back Bibi.

Revenge? Lightning-quick anti-Netanyahu legislation

Foreign Min. Lapid, Justice Min. Sa'ar, aim to pass anti-Netanyahu bill - with the aid of the Joint Arab List.

Poll: Netanyahu bloc at 60 seats, Sa'ar out

New survey again shows no side with enough strength to form a coalition, majority of Israelis oppose having Arab parties in govt.

Sa'ar to Likud: I'm not coming back

Justice Minister denies there have been any negotiations for his return to the Likud party.