Will a secular woman lead Israel’s religious right? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Danny Zaken

Danny Zaken

Jun 21, 2019

Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked delivers a statement to members of the media, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem November 19, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC111FFCA050 — Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked delivers a statement to members of the media at the Knesset, Jerusalem, Nov. 19, 2018. — REUTERS/Amir Cohen

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An Israeli border policewoman prepares to vote in national elections a day before polling stations open in the rest of Israel, at a base in Beit Horon settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Nir Elias - RC11A8A38230

Israel’s religious right plays the merger game

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

Israel's Minister of Education Naftali Bennett (R) and Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (L) announce the formation of new political party HaYemin HeHadash or The New Right, during a press conference in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on December 29, 2018. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo credit should read JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Netanyahu pushes a religious-right, far-right merger

Mazal Mualem

In Tel Aviv, reporting on politics

Israel's Education minister Rafi Peretz arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 24, 2019. Menahem Kahana/Pool via REUTERS - RC17F0C591D0

Will Israel's religious right stand for conversion therapy for gays?

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel

Leader of the far right 'Otzma Yehudit' (Jewish power) party Itamar Ben-Gvir waves as he marches with supporters at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on September 13, 2019. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Strategy of the radical right to pass Knesset-entry threshold

Danny Zaken

In Ma'ale HaHamisha, reporting on Israel