Moshe Feiglin

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv as part of the Likud party’s election campaign, October 22, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

50 shades of right: An Israeli election primer

While Netanyahu’s bloc adds more extremists to its ranks, his opponents are impeding their own path to power by refusing to work with Arab parties.

By Ben Reiff October 23, 2026

Far-right lawmakers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir in the assembly hall of the Knesset, Jerusalem, December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel’s far right has unprecedented power. Why isn’t it satisfied?

Having realized many of its once-unthinkable ambitions, the right remains frustrated by what it still can’t achieve — and demands even more violence.

By Meron Rapoport October 12, 2026

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform traditional Friday prayers in a street in Wadi Joz neighbourhood outside Jerusalem's Old City, as policemen block their way to Al Aqsa mosque, October 17, 2014. The Israeli government has restricted access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest shrine to men under 50. (Activestills.org)

CCTV cameras at Al-Aqsa will not lower tensions in Jerusalem

It is welcome news that the long-awaited cameras will finally be installed soon. The bad news is that they don’t even touch the root of the problem — restrictions on Muslim worshippers accessing Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. By Aviv Tatarsky The issue of CCTV cameras on the Temple Mount has come up over and over again…

By +972 Magazine March 19, 2016

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Right-wing activist Yehuda Glick holding a book depicting the Jewish Temple while standing in front of the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, May 21, 2009. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

How Likud became the Almighty’s contractor at the Temple Mount

For Israel’s ruling party, Zionism was first and foremost about settlements and security rather than religious salvation. The growing interest in the Temple Mount, however, reflects a complete transformation of Israeli politics as we know it. Welcome to the end times. By Tomer Persico The attempted assassination of Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, to whom I…

By +972 Magazine November 4, 2014

A child stands amid the rubble of the Al Dalu family home, Gaza City, December 3, 2012. Ten members of the Al Dalu family were killed, as well as two neighbors, by an Israeli air strike on their three-story home on November 18, 2012. Four of those killed were children, and four were women.

Gaza ground invasion: Shedding the pretense of ‘precision’

The real aim was to annihilate anything within marching distance of the border – including, it turns out, a hospital housing elderly patients and international activists there to protect them. When he launched his war on Gaza 10 days ago, Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his military commanders to “take the gloves off.” Yesterday, they put on…

By Samer Badawi July 18, 2014

Palestinian visitors from the West Bank break their fasting at Al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem, July 15, 2013. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Disturbing the ‘peace’ in Jerusalem’s holiest site

The past 15 years have seen a revival of Jewish extremist movements seeking to upend the status quo around the Temple Mount in the name of multicultural ideals. Betty Herschman says failing to see through this veneer could lead to the enflaming of one of the world’s most combustible hotspots. By Betty Herschman The current intensification…

By +972 Magazine April 5, 2014

Palestinian visitors from West Bank break their fast at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, July 15, 2013. The Palestinians from the West Bank can enter Jerusalem only with Israeli permits. Only men over 40 years and women over 35 are permitted to enter during Ramadan. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Judenrein or Judaized? A false choice for the Temple Mount

The conflict over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount has been a sticking point in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for nearly 15 years. But as time goes on, it becomes clearer that the zero-sum game between Muslims and Jews is but a grim reflection of the reality of the occupation. By Nicholas Saidel Imagine religious Jewish and Muslim pilgrims praying together…

By +972 Magazine January 3, 2014

Gush Emunim leaders and supporters celebrating the Government's decision to allow the first Jewish settlement in the Samaria region, 1974. Carried at the center is former MK Chanan Porat (photo: Moshe Milner / Government Press Office)

+972’s Person of the Year: The Settler

The settlement movement registered major victories this year on various fronts. Its representatives are reaching new heights in politics, the judiciary and the media. One out of five residents east of the Green Line is a settler. The expansion of settlements continues unabated, and – most importantly – settlers are in full control of the…

By +972 Magazine December 26, 2012

Moshe Feiglin, head of "Jewish Leadership" group in the Likud (photo: Wikimidia CC)

A ‘truly’ Jewish democracy: On the ideology of Likud’s Moshe Feiglin

Moshe Feiglin is one of the Likud party’s most extreme members, and one of its most clear and systematic ideologues. He is the head of the party’s ‘Jewish Leadership’ group, and the 23rd name on the Likud-Beitenu list for the next Knesset elections. The following is an attempt by religion researcher Tomer Persico to assess…

By +972 Magazine December 17, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the cease fire between Israel and Hamas (photo: Koby Gidon/ Government Press Office)

The Likud presents: The craziest, most radical list ever expected to win elections

Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset. The Likud, Israel’s ruling party the last four years, and the one expected to win the next elections according to…

By Noam Sheizaf November 26, 2012

The Israeli right can no longer be liberal. An anti-human-rights demonstration (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Plan to flood Likud with leftists is deceitful and impractical

An attempt to infiltrate Likud with leftist voters is both immoral, impractical, and liable to backfire The leftist swamp is abuzz in the last few days following an initiative (Hebrew) by Gil Kidron, who wants 10,000 leftists to join the Likud party in order to change it from within. So far, he says, he’s managed to…

By Yossi Gurvitz December 10, 2011