Yamina

Smotrich: We will only be part of a right-wing government

Former Transportation Minister stresses that his party will not be part of a left-wing government.

Joint List MK: 'Bennett's rise is alarming'

MK Aida Touma-Sliman wants the PM replaced, "but not by Netanyahu on steroids"

Poll: Netanyahu falls to 26 seats, Bennett rises to 23

New poll shows Yamina party becoming second largest party if elections were held today.

'Netanyahu and Bennett are coordinated'

MK Avigdor Liberman convinced that Bennett and Netanyahu will unite: Yamina is already behaving like it's part of the coalition.

New poll: Likud - 30 seats, Yamina - 22

Likud party loses one seat and wins 30, while Yesh Atid wins 18.

Naftali Bennett: 'Yamina will not be a sectarian party'

Yamina Chairman speaks to activists ahead of Rosh Hashanah saying he aims for party to be 'all-Israeli'.

Bombshell:

Yamina up to 21 seats in latest poll

Channel 13 News poll predicts Yamina party would become second largest in Knesset if elections were held today.

Shaked: Bennett should be a candidate for prime minister

Former Justice Minister says Yamina party is positioning itself to be an alternative to the Likud party.

'Netanyahu did not implement my plan because he is afraid of me'

Yamina chairman: People are suffering from anxiety because this entire government puts personal matters at the top of their priorities.

MK Matan Kahane: 'I'd recommend Bennett to be prime minister'

MK Kahane announces 'next person I'd recommend to be prime minister is Naftali Bennett,' stressing this is not official Yamina position.

Bennett: Yamina will run together if there are new elections

Yamina chairman says faction 'works great together" as coalition crisis threatens to lean to new elections.

Rafi Peretz wants to resume cooperation with Bennett and Shaked

'We need to put things behind us, hold primaries,' Jewish Home's Rabbi Rafi Peretz says. 'I'm sure they'll understand.'

Poll: Bennett rises to 16 seats, Likud drops to 31

New poll shows Yamina party tripling in strength at Likud's expense as discontent grows over government's handling of coronavirus crisis.

Jewish Home formally splits off from Yamina

Knesset backs Minister Rafi Peretz's request to break off from the Yamina party, establish Jewish Home as a separate Knesset faction.

Will Peretz be kicked out of gov't, barred from running again?

NGO claims Jerusalem Affairs Minister Rafi Peretz illegally serving in government, must be removed and barred from running in next election.

'The preschool-like behavior of the government must stop today'

Yamina chairman: The failures of the government in dealing with the virus have led to mass unemployment.

Survey: 41 seats for Likud, 11 for Blue and White

Meretz with five seats, Yamina with seven and 15 for Yesh Atid.

Confrontation as Yamina MK delegation observes Bedouin outpost

Watch: Yamina delegation arrives to observe illegal Bedouin settlement Likiya. Former MK Taleb a-Sana attacks MK Smotrich who pushes back.

Yamina: Only leftists could oppose Overrule Clause

Yamina party says striking down of Regulation Law proves need to pass law allowing re-legislation of laws struck down by the court.

'We'll fight sovereignty plan that leads to expulsion of Jews'

Right-wing lawmakers blast sovereignty plan, following report that plan would exclude dozens of Israeli towns.

'Netanyahu is the leader of the Likud, not the right'

Former Justice Minister criticizes PM: The Trump plan was put together by Netanyahu, we cannot agree to a Palestinian state.

Bennett cancels meeting with Netanyahu

Report: PM tried to organize meeting with Yamina chairman, who cancelled following insulting statement from Likud.

Smotrich sparks Knesset storm:

'Netanyahu holds us, our judges, & representatives in contempt'

Knesset Members Betzalel Smotrich, Ayelet Shaked sharply criticize PM's decision to transfer responsibility for appointing dayanim to Shas.

'Yes to sovereignty, no to Trump plan'

Yesha Council chairman David Elhayani tells Yamina faction 'no one wants to live in isolated enclaves,' plan will lead to evacuations.

Bennett: We want maximum areas with minimum Arabs

Yamina chairman says current draft map for application of sovereignty is "not good" for Israel.

This is how the Yamina party has divided its roles

'We intend to continue fighting for our values and ideology, we'll fight to advance sovereignty,' MK Ayelet Shaked says.

Yamina pushes bill to prevent investigation against PM

Yamina faction places 'French Law' before Knesset to prevent investigations against incumbent PM for 'non-serious' offences.

Bennett to Netanyahu:

'Don't promise us jobs, apply sovereignty'

Yamina chairman and former Defense Minister speaks at Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, calls on PM to apply sovereignty as he promised.

Report: Yamina, Yisrael Beytenu combining forces

The parties reportedly aim to join forces to gain influence on various fronts: against the Joint List, Likud, and Yesh Atid. Yamina denies.

Waiting for you to come home

The Jews are only trustees for God. All the Jews. Even those who have yet to make Aliya, and come to receive their rightful inheritance.

'Netanyahu stabbed us in the back'

'We didn't ask Netanyahu for a price he couldn't pay, we asked for things that were truly doable,' former Transportation Min. Smotrich says.

'We will stop a plan establishing a Palestinian state'

MK Ofir Sofer claims that Netanyahu did not really want Yamina in the coalition.

'This is exactly what we ran away from'

Outgoing Transportation Minister criticizes invention of new ministries in new government.

Hatred of Bennett assures sovereignty

Netanyahu will do his best to keep Bennett from becoming the voice of the Right while in the Opposition. Op-ed/

Bennett: We are not bitter or vindictive

Yamina chairman addresses supporters following Netanyahu’s decision to keep Yamina out of the coalition.

The Yamina-Likud fiasco: A chance to rebuild

Sorry to disappoint Netanyahu's men, but dedicated public servants like Bennett, Shaked, and Smotrich won't be fading away so easily. Op-ed

Likud: Bennett approached Gantz regarding minority government

Sources in the Likud accused Bennett of having contacted Benny Gantz regarding possibility of joining minority gov't.

Bennett: Netanyahu discarded sovereignty

Yamina leaders explain decision to sit in opposition. 'Netanyahu was threatened by the EU, PA, Gantz, and Ashkenazi. He surrendered.'

Gideon Sa'ar to Netanyahu: Renew negotiations with Yamina

Likud MK Gideon Sa'ar said negotiation gaps between the Likud and Yamina parties can be bridged.

The plot thickens: Peretz may remain in opposition after all

PM Netanyahu reportedly decides not to give Jewish Home leader Jerusalem Ministry after he bolted the Yamina party.

Yesha Council Head: Sovereignty biggest challenge of new gov't

Head of Yesha Council Yigal Dilmoni was interviewed by A-7 and spoke about the incoming unity government expected to be sworn in tonight.

Netanyahu aide: Peretz did the right thing

Netanyahu aide says Peretz was right in joining gov't and compared him to R' Yochanan Ben Zakkai's asking Romans to save Yavneh & its sages.

Yamina MKs to Right-leaning bloc: 'Sovereignty's been erased'

Yamina communiqué: 'Demand PM include sovereignty, settlement in gvmt pre-inauguration bylaws, otherwise it's a Bibi-led Leftist gvmt.'

Netanyahu to Bennett: This is the deal, there will be no changes

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks on phone with Yamina leader Bennett. No agreement reached.

Haredim call on Netanyahu to bring Yamina into government

Leaders of haredi parties call for united right-wing bloc to be included in government.

Will Rafi Peretz break up Yamina?

Education Minister Rafi Peretz reportedly willing to consider serious offer from unity government, raising possibility of split from Yamina.

'The Likud must work to add Yamina to the coalition'

MK Meir Porush: Yamina showed loyalty to Netanyahu, the Likud must do everything to ensure it is in the coalition.

'The haredim got more than 10 senior positions'

MK Shaked responds to Prime Minister after he attacked Yamina for not accepting his proposal and joining the coalition.

Will the right-wing head for the opposition with the Arabs?

Who is right? PM Netanyahu and his partnership with the left, or Yamina, and their threat not to sit in this type of government?

Smotrich to Netanyahu:

'Try to tell the truth and not mislead the public'

Min Smotrich responds to video published by Netanyahu comparing proposals to Shas/UTJ to those offered Yamina: 'You didn't even negotiate.'

Rabbi Druckman:

'Hard time for religious Zionism, stay united'

Rabbi Chaim Druckman and Rabbi Yehoshua Shapira address Yamina party leaders: 'Relegating religious Zionism like beggar at door.'

Netanyahu: Yamina made impossible demands

PM responds to attacks by Yamina party following appointment of Yuli Edelstein as Health Minister,

'Netanyahu throws religious Zionism to the winds'

Commentator Shimon Ricklin, formerly considered Netanyahu associate, posts sharp tweet against PM on Twitter, but later deletes it.

Yamina: Netanyahu has slammed the door in our face

Party official says PM appointed Yuli Edelstein as Health Minister in order to humiliate Yamina, break up religious Zionist alliance.

Netanyahu called to include Yamina

'Religious Zionist Business Forum' calls on PM Netanyahu not to exclude Yamina party from unity government.

'You don't really want us'

Negotiations between DM Bennett and PM Netanyahu explode after Netanyahu refuses 'to offer anything new.' Netanyahu: 'We won't budge.'

The Likud's proposal to Rabbi Rafi Peretz

Netanyahu reportedly proposed to Rabbi Peretz that he split Yamina and be appointed a Deputy Minister. Rabbi Peretz refused.

Yamina demands 2 ministries with 'real impact'

Yamina party denies reports it is demanding 3 ministries. Likud denies PM is trying to split Yamina.

'Yamina can only influence from within the government'

Leaders of Judea and Samaria call on Yamina not to sit in opposition but to accept what they are given in unity government.

Bennett: We will fight for sovereignty from the opposition

Outgoing defense minister says neither Likud nor Blue and White want Health Ministry despite its importance during coronavirus crisis.