Avi Maoz

Noam Party rebrands itself ahead of elections, Maoz calls to 'strengthen right-wing bloc'

The party, led by MK Avi Maoz since its founding in 2019, opposes homosexuality, the LGBTQ community in general, and pushes for expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

JULY 30, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023.

MK Avi Maoz, leader of the far-right Noam Party, speaks with the Jerusalem Post on May 18, 2026.

Police investigating suspicious object left outside of MK Avi Maoz's home

Israel Police bomb squads responded to the scene of the incident, inspected the suspicious object, and took it for further examination.

JULY 26, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Avi Maoz, leader of the far-right Noam Party, speaks with the Jerusalem Post on May 17, 2026.

Avi Maoz: Chief Rabbinate control over prayer is the only way to protect Western Wall - interview

The bill seeks to grant the Rabbinate authority to determine prayer arrangements at the Western Wall. It also proposes that the Chief Rabbinate would be considered the representative of Judaism.

MAY 18, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

A Jewish woman prays at the Little Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, February 18, 2026

Knesset advances bill granting Chief Rabbinate authority over Western Wall prayer

The bill passed by a margin of 56-47 and will now be discussed in Knesset committee meetings. It will still need to undergo three more plenum readings to become a law.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026|ByKESHET NEEV

Extremism, everywhere: The UN, Israel and Kanye

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov.

DECEMBER 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

MK Avi Maoz attends an Arrangements Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2021.

Lapid’s civil-war incitement won’t work - opinion

Lapid, Gantz and the rest of the “anybody but Bibi” politicians and pundits have been doubling down on the very behavior responsible for their poor showing at the ballot box.

DECEMBER 8, 2022ByRUTHIE BLUM

Israeli Prime Minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December05, 2022.

Letters to the Editor December 7, 2022: Bring this dream to reality

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

DECEMBER 7, 2022ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Shasha-Biton holds 'emergency' conference for Israeli education's future

The conference addressed the fact that ultra-conservative Maoz in his coalition agreement with the Likud got control over a branch in the Education Ministry.

DECEMBER 6, 2022ByELIAV BREUER

Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton visits at the opening of the new school year in a school for ultra orthodox jewish boys, in Beit Shemesh, August 28, 2022.

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Yair Lapid, Benny Gantz of seditious behavior

Netanyahu accused the prime and defense ministers of not accepting the election results and spreading false alarms against" his government.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByELIAV BREUER

Israeli Prime Minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid arrives to a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2022

Avi Maoz is alienating even Likud members

National unity, if it ever arrives, will have to wait for a much later phase and very different circumstances.

DECEMBER 5, 2022BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF

MK AVI Maoz attends a discussion in the Knesset plenum, last month.

Lapid: Netanyahu's promises to 'oversee' Maoz are lies

Lapid argued that even in the Likud there has been a realization that giving the unit to Maoz was a mistake , but that Netanyahu had no choice because he was "being extorted."

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByELIAV BREUER

Israel will be replaced by a halachic state -opinion

A full right-wing government? Far from it. The incoming government will change the face of the State of Israel.

DECEMBER 4, 2022BySHARON ROFFE OFIR

United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf and Otzma Yehudit chair Itamar Ben-Gvir with MKs from the likely coalition, November 21, 2022.

50 local authorities declare intent to boycott Avi Maoz’s anti-LGBTQ policies

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced on Saturday that his party is opening a hotline for parents who are concerned about the content Maoz may bring into their childrens' schools.

DECEMBER 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, URI SELA/WALLA

MK Avi Maoz from the Noam party arrives for a meeting with Israeli president Isaac Herzog at the President's residence in Jerusalem on November 10, 2022.

Grapevine: Lonely in Likud

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

DECEMBER 2, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN