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Moshe Zalman Feiglin (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה זַלְמָן פֶייגְּלִין; born 31 July 1962) is a right libertarian-leaning[1][2][3] Israeli politician and activist, and the leader of libertarian Zionist party Zehut. As a member of Likud, he headed the Manhigut Yehudit (Jewish Leadership) faction within the party, and represented Likud in the Knesset between 2013 and 2015.

Key Information

Prior to becoming a Knesset member, Feiglin co-founded the Zo Artzeinu ("This is our Land") movement with Shmuel Sackett in 1993 to protest the Oslo Accords. On 8 August 1995, eighty intersections throughout the country were blocked in a massive act of non-violent civil disobedience against the Oslo process. As a result of his activities, Feiglin was sentenced to six months in prison in 1997 for sedition against the state by Israel's Supreme Court. The sentence was later commuted to community service.[4] In November 1996, Feiglin established the Manhigut Yehudit movement; it joined Likud in 2000, with Feiglin declaring that he would be a candidate for chairmanship of the party as a springboard for premiership of the State of Israel.

In early January 2015, Feiglin announced that he was leaving the Likud and forming his own party, after the Likud primaries the previous month.

Feiglin complained about efforts that were done to try to keep him out of Israel's parliament, the Knesset. He referred to alleged political corruption in the Likud primary and legal maneuvers Benjamin Netanyahu took in the past to move him down the party’s list, accusing the prime minister of trying to assassinate him politically.[5]

As a result of the above issues and timing, Feiglin did not form a new party for the Knesset elections in March, and instead decided to take his time to build a strong new party ("If we have to give up on the coming Knesset to build ourselves well and fundamentally, we will do so. We will take the time that we need to build ourselves in the proper and most exacting way.").[5][6] In July 2021, Feiglin returned to the Likud.[7] In January 2024, Feiglin left Likud and reestablished Zehut.[8]

Feiglin's party Zehut is in favor of legalizing marijuana.[9]

Biography

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Moshe Feiglin was born in Haifa, the son of Ya'akov Zvi and Esther Feiglin. His ancestors moved to Palestine, from Imperial Russia during the First Aliyah.[10] His grandfather was the first child born in Metula, and some of his ancestors were among the founders of several settlements, including Mishmar HaYarden, Hadera, and Kinneret.[10] His father served in the Jewish Settlement Police during the British Mandate era. His family later moved to Rehovot, where he attended the local Tachkemoni school of the Mizrachi movement, and subsequently graduated from Rabbi Haim Drukman's Yeshivat Or Etzion.[11] They are also related to Rebbes of The Chabad Dynasty.[12]

During his IDF national service, Feiglin served in the Engineering Corps.[10] He later signed on to one additional year as a career soldier, and attained the rank of captain. He fought in the 1982 Lebanon War.[11]

Feiglin ran a company that used rope rappelling in the construction industry.[13]

Feiglin is married, and has five children, and lives in the settlement of Karnei Shomron.[citation needed]

Political career

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Manhigut Yehudit

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Feiglin co-founded the Manhigut Yehudit movement in 1996. It began as a brainchild of Feiglin and a friend of his, Moti Karpel, who established the organization as the continuation of the Zo Artzeinu protest movement. The main tactical difference between the two in Feiglin's thought is that Zo Artzeinu protested government policy without suggesting an alternative, whereas Manhigut Yehudit seeks to become the government and be the alternative.[citation needed]

Lacking the tools to do this, and without a political party with which to stake his run, he was approached by a founding member of the Likud party and participant in the Zo Artzeinu protests who proposed that Feiglin register for the Likud party and register, in turn, the thousands who participated in the protests, thereby building a support base for himself in the party, from which he could run for the party presidency and, in turn, Prime Minister.[14]

According to Feiglin's own words, Manhigut Yehudit was started to "return the country to the people and lead the State of Israel through authentic Jewish values".[15]

Feiglin says that the movement's leadership will arise from "those who have a deep commitment to Torah values". Still, 30 percent of its present members are secular (2005).[citation needed] He opposes the surrender of what he regards as Jewish land, and has demanded the government take action against the estimated 50,000 illegal Arab structures built throughout the country. Feiglin has stated that Likud had "given up true Likud values and acquiesced in the Gaza evacuation".[16]

Likud

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Moshe Feiglin campaigning with supporters for the Likud leadership primaries, 2012

Feiglin was a minor candidate in the 2002 Likud leadership election.[17]

In 2005, Feiglin again ran for Likud chairman and won 12.5% of the votes, coming third out of seven candidates, after Benjamin Netanyahu and Silvan Shalom. He attempted to run for a slot on the party's Knesset list, but encountered severe opposition from Netanyahu, who delayed party elections and advocated making changes to its charter to bar "anyone who has served three or more months in prison" from running as a Likud MK. This would have prevented Feiglin, who served a six-month sentence in the mid-1990s for civil disobedience, from running for either an MK or leadership position in the future. Feiglin withdrew from the race on 3 January 2006, following the release of a statement from the Likud party election chairman declaring, in agreement with a prior decision by the Israeli High Court, that Feiglin's conviction was not for "dishonorable" violations of the law, allowing him to participate in future Likud affairs.[citation needed]

In the 14 August 2007 primaries, Feiglin nearly doubled his previous showing and received 23.4% of the votes to Netanyahu's 72.8%. Netanyahu, fearing a strong showing by Feiglin, tried to have him ousted from the party prior to the vote, and said he would continue such efforts. On 10 December 2008, Feiglin was won twentieth place in the Likud primaries.[18] On 11 December, following a petition submitted against him by Ophir Akunis, he was demoted to the 36th spot.[19]

In an article written in 2009, Feiglin stated: "Sad to say, Prime Minister Netanyahu is a pitiful puppet of Peres and his cohorts."[20]

Feiglin ran against Netanyahu again in the 2012 Likud leadership election, held on 31 January 2012, and again received 23% of the vote.[21] In the Likud primaries held in late 2012 to select candidates for the 2013 elections, Feiglin finished thirteenth,[22] and was elected to the Knesset in the 2013 elections.[citation needed]

Feiglin served as Deputy Speaker in the 19th Knesset. He and his Manhigut Yehudit faction suffered a serious setback in the December 2014 Likud primaries, held in the run-up to the 2015 Knesset elections, when he fell to the 36th position on the Likud list, making it unlikely he would be returned to the Knesset.[23] In January 2015, he announced that he was leaving Likud to form his own party,[24] although he did not do so in time for the elections. Shortly after the elections, he announced that the new party was to be called Zehut (Identity).[25]

In July 2021, Feiglin returned to the Likud.[7]

Views and opinions

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Feiglin has openly stated that, though he is not opposed to peace, peace is not his goal,[26] and would not be on the top of his agenda as Prime Minister. Rather, Feiglin's focus is on reforming Israel as an essentially Jewish State by acting on several campaigns on the religious, social, legal, and security fronts.[27]

In a May 2012 article on liberty[28] that originally appeared on the NRG Maariv Hebrew website,[29] Feiglin wrote: "Liberty means fighting against coercion of all kinds; religious, anti-religious, economic, cultural, educational, and more. Liberty means allocating state land to the citizen. It means privatization of government firms to the public, and not to core shareholders. Liberty means liberalized communication - broadcasting license and not broadcast franchise. You want to open up a television or radio station? Buy a wavelength and broadcast as you please within the framework of the law. Liberty means restoring the responsibility for education to the parents, using the education coupon method. It means a gradual transfer to a professional volunteer army. Liberty means prohibiting biometric data bases or any other type of human designation. There is no difference in principle between sophisticated biological marking and tattooing an ID number; both turn our identities into the property of a third party. In both, we lose our freedom. Simply put: We have one G-d above us, and we should not be enslaved to another person or mechanism. The state is ours, and under no circumstance is the opposite true."[citation needed]

He is against religious coercion and the establishment of religious political parties. He has come out against legislation such as the Chametz Law, which forbids selling leavened products on the Passover Holiday, when eating or owning leavened food products is prohibited by Jewish law.[30]

He is also a proponent of the civil marriage initiative in Israel which would allow any Israeli citizen to marry without a religious cleric.[31] At present, marriage in Israel is impossible outside the confines of a religious system; hence, for tens of thousands of people with problematic religious status, it is impossible ever to get married in the country. The present system also places the power of divorce in the hand of the Religious courts, who are answerable only to the Supreme Courts. The civil marriage initiative would make the religious nature of marriage entirely voluntary, effectively separating religion and state in this matter.[citation needed]

Feiglin has advocated removing the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf's control over the entire al-Aqsa complex, and stated that a synagogue should be established on the Temple Mount.[32] In February 2014, at Feiglin's insistence, the Knesset debated the status of the Temple Mount.[33] Feiglin's platform states:"We have to internalize that this is our Land - exclusively... Most important: We must expel the Moslem wakf from the Temple Mount and restore exclusive Israeli sovereignty over this most holy site."[34]

In July 2014, during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Feiglin outlined steps toward "achieving quiet in Gaza". His plan included attacking all of Gaza, its infrastructure and military sites, without regard to civilian "human shields". After conquering and annexing Gaza into Israel, that portion of Gaza's "enemy population that is innocent of wrong-doing and separated itself from the armed terrorists will be treated in accordance with international law and will be allowed to leave". After becoming part of Israel, Gaza would be re-populated by Jews.[35] He said the civilians of Gaza could go to Sinai, and his plan would also "ease the housing crisis in Israel".[36] Feiglin criticized lawmaker Aliza Lavie for discussing legislation on sexual violence, protesting that in wartime, no one should be "talking about things like flowers and sexual assault".[37]

On August 4, 2014, the Daily Mail tabloid newspaper alleged that Feiglin had called for concentration camps in Gaza. In a TV show with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Feiglin denied that claim, saying he was talking about creating "sheltered areas" for the civilians of Gaza so that Israel could stop rockets by Hamas in a more effective way. He also said that he "definitely" supported "tent encampments" before the people in Gaza can be relocated to another place.[38]

In 2008, Feiglin has proposed a plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.[39] His plan would include annexing all post-1967 land currently in Israel's hands and offering financial incentive for Palestinian families in these areas to emigrate to other countries.[40] Feiglin pointed to a poll by An-Najah University in Nablus, which showed that one in three Palestinian Arabs would emigrate to other countries even without a financial incentive,[41][42] as supporting his plan.

About 20% of Israel's citizens are Israeli Arabs. Feiglin was asked about Israel's status as a "Jewish and democratic state" in a 2004 interview, and stated: "Why should non-Jews have a say in the policy of a Jewish state? ... For two thousand years, Jews dreamed of a Jewish state, not a democratic state. Democracy should serve the values of the state, not destroy them..."[43]

In 2003, Feiglin proposed replacing the Knesset with a bicameral legislature, whose upper house, which would control all "national affairs", would be "composed exclusively of Jews". Point three in the program states that he will enact a new Basic Law which will set forth a detailed proposal for a constitution. The Law will replace the at-large election of the Knesset with regional representatives, and would also create a lower house to handle municipal issues, in which Israeli Arabs could be represented. The posting was taken down on December 9, 2008, the day after Feiglin won twentieth place in the Likud primaries.[44] However, the posting had been archived by Israeli scholar Tomer Persico prior to being removed, and Persico wrote a 2012 article analyzing Feiglin's program, referencing the 2003 posting.[3]

On 3 April 2019, Feiglin gave a speech at Maariv Jerusalem Post conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, in which he called to rebuild the Third Temple on Temple Mount immediately. He said in a statement: "I don't want to build a Third Temple in one or two years, I want to build it now. To build the Temple, I need support; I can't do it alone."[45]

On 15 June 2024, Feiglin said, in the context of the Gaza war, "As Hitler said 'I can't live if one Jew is left,' we can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza and not before we return to Gaza and turn it into Hebrew Gaza."[46]

On 22 May 2025 Feiglin told Israeli TV Channel 14, in the context of the Gaza war, "The enemy is not Hamas, nor is it the military wing of Hamas ... Every child in Gaza is the enemy. We need to occupy Gaza and settle it, and not a single Gazan child will be left there. There is no other victory."[47]

Published works

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In his 2005 book "War of Dreams", Feiglin wrote that his program was: "Israeli citizenship to Jews only [and] the immediate expulsion of any person of another people who claims any sort of sovereignty in the Land of Israel."[48]"We are busy fighting for Yesha, and refuse to recognize the more dangerous front against the fifth column inside Israel." "We established a state so that we could stop being different and start being normal. If only Jews can be Israelis, then we will never be normal. . . .The fundamental solution is leadership that is not looking for normalcy. The solution is leadership that emphasizes our Jewish identity. Paradoxically, it is only when the Arabs understand that the Israelis do not need them to help them to forget that they are Jews - will we be able to live here in peace with non-Jews who unequivocally accept the fact that Israel is a Jewish state."[49] It appears that the Israeli Arabs identify with our enemies. There are laws in this country that deal with treason and they should be applied when required. If Israeli Arabs are found helping our enemies, they should be stripped of their citizenship. In addition, if they are citizens, they should not be exempt from paying taxes; they should serve in the IDF, or at least in Sherut Le'umi, the National Service. . . . .If they are against us, we must make every effort to ensure that they leave. If they collaborate with our enemy, they must be removed.[50]

Controversy and criticism

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Comments on Arabs

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Of Israeli Arabs, Feiglin said, "They will have to seek the right to self-determination in Arab states. Israel will encourage the Arabs to emigrate to their countries and assist any Arab who wishes to do so."[4] He insisted there is no such thing as a Palestinian people, and that they and Israeli Arabs should relocate, citing a text he had posted on the website of his Manhigut Yehudit ("Jewish Leadership") movement. In a 2004 interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, he spoke of "a voluntary transfer to the 22 neighbouring Arab states" of the some 1.4 million Israeli Arabs, who make up 20 percent of Israel's population. "Arabs are not the sons of the desert, but its father", he quoted Sir Claude Jarvis, British governor of Sinai from 1923.[4]

In a 2004 report in The New Yorker, Feiglin was quoted as saying: "Why should non-Jews have a say in the policy of a Jewish state?... For two thousand years, Jews dreamed of a Jewish state, not a democratic state. Democracy should serve the values of the state, not destroy them... You can’t teach a monkey to speak and you can’t teach an Arab to be democratic. You’re dealing with a culture of thieves and robbers. The Arab destroys everything he touches."[51]

In an interview with the U.S.-based The Jewish Press, Feiglin said: "You can find places where we say the same things. You can also find places where we are different. I was in the army when Meir, Hashem yikom damo [may God avenge his blood], was [most] active, so I didn't get to know him so well. But I can definitely say that the slogan 'Kahane tzadak - Kahane was right' has proven itself many times."[52] Several commentators have depicted Feiglin as a fascist.[53][54][55]

In 2013, he set forth his legislative agenda regarding Israeli Arabs: "Zero tolerance for Arab citizens' defiance. Enforcement of laws of treason. Enforcement of laws against robbery, rape, and vandalism."[56] Feiglin, responding to a report that Israel's first permanent Arab Supreme Court judge Salim Joubran had refused to sing Israel's national anthem, asserted that Joubran "must return his Israeli ID card and make do with the status of 'permanent resident'".[57]

According to a 2012 article in Haaretz, Feiglin condemned Baruch Goldstein over his killing of 29 Palestinian Muslims in a mosque in the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre,[58] though he did not condemn Goldstein's motivations.

Hitler comments

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In an article in Haaretz, Yossi Sarid quoted Feiglin, in the context of demonstrations against the Oslo accords, as saying, "Hitler was an unparalleled military genius. Nazism promoted Germany from a low to a fantastic physical and ideological status. The ragged, trashy youth body turned into a neat and orderly part of society and Germany received an exemplary regime, a proper justice system and public order. Hitler savored good music. He would paint. This was no bunch of thugs. They merely used thugs and homosexuals." Feiglin clarified his position to the Maariv newspaper that just because he considers Hitler a military genius, this does not mean he admires him.[4]

Banned from Britain

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Feiglin is banned from entering the United Kingdom due to a decision by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, made public in March 2008, excluding Feiglin on the grounds that his presence in the country "would not be conducive to the public good".[59] A letter to Feiglin from the Home Office said that Smith based her decision on an assessment that his activities "foment or justify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs; seek to provoke others to terrorist acts; foment other serious criminal activity or seek to provoke others to serious criminal acts; and foster hatred, which might lead to inter-community violence in the UK".[60][61] Feiglin responded, "Seeing that renowned terrorists like Hizbullah member Ibrahim Mousawi are welcomed in your country in open arms, I understand that your policy is aimed at encouraging and supporting terror."[62]

Oslo Accords

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Feiglin was arrested for organizing mass acts of resistance and blocked highways across Israel during the period in which the Oslo accords were debated and implemented.[63] Feiglin was charged with "break[ing] the barrier of obedience to the rule of law" and incitement to commit crimes. Regarding his organization of peaceful demonstrations and the blocking of intersections without a permit, Feiglin was quoted as stating, "We will do all that it's possible to do, including breaking the law."[64] He was sentenced to six months in prison in 1997 for sedition, and the sentence was later performed via community service.[citation needed]

Likud members

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Relations between Feiglin and his fellow Likud members have been mixed. Likud Knesset member Limor Livnat stated that Feiglin and his friends are "not real Likudniks", and that his faction "cannot be allowed to prevail".[65] In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Livnat explained that Feiglin and his faction must be prevented "from taking over, or the party and the state will be in danger", adding that, "this is not democracy, this is anarchy".[65]

Despite criticism from fellow Likud members, Feiglin has displayed favorable relations with a significant number of former Likud Knesset members. This was manifest during a Feiglin rally at Jerusalem's Ramada Hotel that took place before the 2008 Likud primary after Feiglin promised to throw all his votes to them if they showed up. Former Likud Knesset members Gila Gamliel, David Mena, Daniel Benlulu, and Ayoub Kara attended the event, despite warnings from Netanyahu's advisers not to do so. Gila Gamliel, who did not vote against the Disengagement from Gaza, eventually took Feiglin's votes and placed 19th, one spot ahead of Feiglin. This ultimately resulted in Feiglin getting pushed down to the 36th spot, and out of the Eighteenth Knesset.[59]

Support for Jonathan Pollard

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Feiglin is a highly vocal supporter of Jonathan Pollard, a former American naval intelligence analyst who formerly served a sentence in the American Federal prison system for spying for Israel. Feiglin, who has called Pollard a hero,[66] has written a number of articles in support of Pollard. In a later 2008 article, Feiglin stated that, "Pollard is a Jew who saved the Israelis from American treachery."[67]

Criticism of U.S. Vice President Biden

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Feiglin referred to U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden as a "diseased leper" in a 2010 op-ed column published by Israel's third-largest news outlet, Maariv.[68]

Support for cannabis legalization

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As part of his libertarian political philosophy, Feiglin supports the full legalization of cannabis in Israel, stating of legalization in Amsterdam: "I don't see Amsterdam as a bad thing. ... There's no chaos, there's more freedom for citizens. [Legalization] didn't upend the way of life."[69] And stating that, "This may be one of the reasons why marijuana is illegal. God owns the patent on cannabis, and the large pharmaceutical companies do not appreciate such an intervention in their market and exert their influence accordingly."[70] The opposition of the Knesset Health committee to Feiglin's proposals have led to multiple controversial confrontations in the Knesset.[71] Feiglin says that, "When I expressed my opinion on this issue over a year ago, I had no idea that I had climbed atop such a potent barrel of social dynamite... The debate is not about cannabis. Cannabis is just the tip of the iceberg. The debate is about liberty."[72]

Approach to homosexuals

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Feiglin wrote an article in 2009 entitled "I Am A Proud Homophobe".[73] In 2012, he wrote several posts on his Facebook page detailing his views on gays. "The gay pride parade isn't about rights. It's about forcing the values of the minority onto the majority, effectively locking the majority into the proverbial closet. Homosexual "rights" undermine the normative family, the foundation of our nation."[74]

"Throughout history", Feiglin explained, "from Rome to Europe in our day, the approval and spread of homosexuality presaged the decline of nations and cultures. If one reads the Torah portion 'Noah' - this comes as no surprise. . . . The organizers of a pride parade do not wish to gain rights. They strive to force homosexuality as a culture upon the public sphere. . . . A minority has no right to take over public assets. Let the marchers kindly go back to their individual closets. And let them do it without whining, because no one interferes with their affairs in there. Let them give up their attempts at takeovers, and leave the public sphere to normal people. . . ." Feiglin added in an additional post: "I have no problem with homosexuals, most of whom are, most likely, good and talented people and no one wants to interfere in their private lives. I have a problem with homosexuality as a culture. This culture subverts the status of the family. And without the family there is no nation, and without a nation there is no civilization."[75] Feiglin refused to meet with a gay faction within the Likud, and was quoting as stating: "[A]s individuals I can’t tell them how to lead their lives and I can cooperate with them on different subjects, but as a group that tries to promote an ideology of their sexual orientation, I don’t think they have legitimacy, especially not in the Likud."[76] On Feb. 7, 2013, Feiglin met with an Israeli gay advocacy group in Tel Aviv, and said he was no longer a homophobe. News accounts of the meeting reported Feiglin's views: "'I am in favor of you having all your human rights, but I am not prepared by the way to invalidate the special value of the classic family', he said and made it clear that he still opposed gay marriage and same-sex parenting. 'Every child in the world has a right to a mother and father. It has nothing to do with religion, but with my basic perception of the good of the child', he said."[77]

After his election to the Knesset, Moshe Feiglin met with homosexual groups. Although he does not identify with their lifestyle choices, he told them, he supports their rights as individuals and will fight to ensure that those rights are upheld.[78]

When asked by a lesbian supporter if he would support her running in the primaries for the Zehut party, Feiglin was enthusiastically positive about it.[79]

Women

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During his 2013 campaign, Feiglin reiterated his view that women's role in Israeli society should be based on Jewish Biblical principles. In response to a question about feminism, Feiglin was quoted as saying: "'Tel Aviv has become a city that has erased masculinity and where being a man is considered a sickness', and added that feminism has destroyed family values, something essential to Judaism. ... Pressed further, he stated that 'the man is the family, while the woman is the home [literally "house"]', and that in our current culture, we are forgetting 'what it means to be a man'."[80]

When the Jerusalem city government voted to permit sex-segregated public buses, according to the wishes of some ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews, Feiglin supported the action: "I see discrimination against women as despicable. But it is unreasonable to force an ultra-Orthodox bus company to institute mixed seating on its buses against the wishes of its customers."[81] Feiglin also opposes the Israeli army's decision to allow women into combat units.[82]

Christians and Christianity

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Feiglin has criticized some Christian supporters of Israel, such as Glenn Beck, and challenged the sincerity of Christians who have defended Israel, as well as Israeli Jews who supported Beck. "Glenn Beck doesn't back the Jewish mission. What drives him is the Christian mission. I have no problem doing business with him, but he has to respect me when he comes here just like I don't try to force my identity on him when I come to him. Jews like it when Goyim finally smile at them, but sometimes, a smile is more dangerous than a scowl, and this is one of those occasions", Feiglin said.[83] Feiglin also said he had a "deep problem" with Efrat Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin participating as a featured speaker at a Christian prayer rally Glenn Beck organized at the Caesarea Amphitheater in Israel.[83] Danny Danon responded to Feiglin, saying: "Israel has too many real foes, and very few genuine friends like Glenn Beck. I cannot understand the urge to reject his friendship with pseudo-theological argumentation... Rejecting friendship is not a sign of national pride, but a proof of very low self-confidence."[83]

Petition by "Scholars for Israel and Palestine"

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In December 2014, a group of academics who are part of the anti-BDS movement and members of The Third Narrative, a Labor Zionist organization, have called on the U.S. and E.U. to impose sanctions on Feiglin and three other Israelis "who lead efforts to insure permanent Israeli occupation of the West Bank and to annex all or parts of it unilaterally in violation of international law".[84] These academics, calling themselves Scholars for Israel and Palestine (SIP) and claiming to be "pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace", are asking the U.S. and EU to freeze Feiglin's foreign assets and impose visa restrictions.[85] One of the signatories was quoted in Haaretz as saying the four leaders were chosen because they "were particularly dismissive of Secretary of State Kerry's peace-making efforts, and explicitly call for and work towards the formal annexation of the West Bank or part of it, and thereby push Israel in the direction of violating international law. They are the ones who cross particularly sharp red lines."[86] The group of mainly Jewish academics blasted Feiglin for his "straightforward and undisguised extremism" and "annexationist" agenda.[87]

Comments following the 2020 Beirut explosion

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Celebrating the 2020 Beirut explosions,[88] which killed at least 220 people and injured thousands more, Feiglin referred to the explosion as "a spectacular pyrotechnics show",[2] and wrote:

You don’t actually believe this was some disorganized fuel depot, right? You do realize that this inferno was supposed to land on us as a rain of rockets? [...] Today is Tu B'Av, a day of joy, and a true and huge thank you to G-d and all the geniuses and heroes really (!) who organized for us this wonderful celebration in honor of the day of love.[88]

The Times of Israel reported that the post was subsequently removed by Facebook. Explaining the removal, Facebook stated: “The post was removed because its content mocks the victims, which goes against our policy."[89] Feiglin confirmed the removal of his post via his official Facebook account, claiming to "stand behind every word"[90][91]

Comments during the Gaza war

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On 12 October 2023, speaking on Israeli TV Channel 14, Feiglin stated of the Gaza war, "If the goal of this operation is not destruction, occupation, expulsion, and settlement, then we have accomplished nothing."[92]

Haaretz reported that while being interviewed by Channel 12 about the Gaza war in June 2024, Feiglin quoted Adolf Hitler stating that Israelis "cannot live in this land if one Islamo-Nazi remains in Gaza." He continued stating that he wanted to "turn Gaza Hebrew" as Jews were "not guests in our own land; it is entirely ours."[93]

In May 2025, during an appearance on Channel 14, Feiglin defended Israel from claims that too many children had been killed in collateral damage, saying: "The enemy is not Hamas, nor is it the military wing of Hamas ... Every child in Gaza is the enemy. We need to occupy Gaza and settle it, and not a single Gazan child will be left there. There is no other victory."[94]

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Moshe Feiglin (born July 31, 1962, in Haifa) is an Israeli politician, activist, and former high-tech entrepreneur who has advocated for the establishment of full Jewish sovereignty throughout the biblical Land of Israel, including annexation of Judea and Samaria and unrestricted Jewish access and prayer on the Temple Mount. A veteran of the Israel Defense Forces where he served as a combat engineer captain during the First Lebanon War, Feiglin founded the Zo Artzeinu movement in 1993 to protest the Oslo Accords through non-violent civil disobedience, leading to his 1997 conviction for sedition and a commuted six-month prison sentence. Feiglin co-founded Manhigut Yehudit in 1996 to integrate Jewish identity and leadership principles into the Likud party, joining it in 2000 and repeatedly challenging Benjamin Netanyahu in primaries, garnering up to 23% of votes by 2012. Elected to the Nineteenth Knesset in 2013 as part of the Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu list, he served until 2015 as Deputy Speaker, chairing parliamentary lobbies and committees while promoting free-market reforms, civil marriage, and cannabis decriminalization alongside his core territorial positions. Leaving Likud before the 2015 election, he established the Zehut party in 2015, blending nationalist sovereignty with libertarian minimal government, though it has not crossed the electoral threshold despite polling surges. His persistent campaigns have influenced right-wing discourse in Israel, emphasizing demographic security through voluntary Palestinian emigration incentives and rejection of two-state compromises amid ongoing conflicts.

Early Life and Background

Birth and Family

Moshe Feiglin was born on July 31, 1962, in Haifa, Israel, to Ya'akov Zvi Feiglin and Esther Feiglin. His family traces its roots to immigrants from Imperial Russia who arrived in Palestine during the First Aliyah in the late 19th century, with ancestors settling in early Zionist communities such as Petah Tikva, where his grandfather was reportedly the first child born in the town. Feiglin grew up in Rehovot after his early years in Haifa, attending a state-religious school that emphasized Jewish tradition alongside general education. His upbringing reflected a household with mixed religious observance, as his father remained secular while his mother adopted greater religiosity, fostering an environment shaped by familial ties to Israel's foundational Zionist pioneer ethos. This background provided early exposure to Jewish identity rooted in historical national revival, influencing personal development prior to formal education and later pursuits.

Education and Early Influences

Feiglin received his early education at the Tachkemoni religious school in Rehovot, followed by studies at Or Etzion Yeshiva High School, a religious Zionist institution combining Torah scholarship with national service preparation. Upon completing high school, he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving as an officer in the Engineering Corps during the 1982 First Lebanon War and attaining the rank of captain before discharge. Post-military, Feiglin demonstrated entrepreneurial initiative by establishing Israel's inaugural company for external maintenance of skyscrapers, involving high-altitude window cleaning and building servicing, and subsequently launching a high-tech firm. His formative years in religious educational settings exposed him to core tenets of religious Zionism, fostering an emphasis on Jewish identity intertwined with national enterprise and self-reliance, distinct from secular influences in his family background.

Pre-Political Activism

Involvement in Zo Artzeinu

In 1993, Moshe Feiglin co-founded the Zo Artzeinu ("This is Our Land") movement alongside Shmuel Sackett as a national campaign of non-violent civil disobedience aimed at opposing the Israeli government's territorial concessions under the Oslo Accords. The organization focused on direct actions such as blocking major roadways, including the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, to disrupt normal traffic and draw public attention to what participants viewed as existential threats to Jewish sovereignty over biblical lands. These protests, which peaked in the mid-1990s, involved coordinated blockages across multiple Israeli cities, effectively halting transportation networks and generating widespread media coverage. Zo Artzeinu's tactics achieved measurable impacts in shifting public discourse, as evidenced by the scale of disruptions that "stopped the whole country" and compelled broader debate on the Oslo process's implications for land rights. By 1995, the movement's actions had clogged key arteries nationwide, amplifying opposition voices and pressuring policymakers through sustained visibility rather than armed resistance. Feiglin emphasized that such blockages served to "wake people up," fostering grassroots mobilization against perceived state overreach in ceding territories without public consent. Feiglin's leadership role led to repeated personal legal consequences, underscoring the movement's commitment to confrontational yet non-violent resistance. In 1995, he received a suspended six-month prison sentence following an arrest for blocking a civilian intersection during a protest. By September 1997, Feiglin and Sackett were convicted of sedition for organizing these actions, resulting in an initial 18-month prison term for Feiglin, later reduced to six months of community service. These trials highlighted the tactical risks undertaken, with Feiglin expressing readiness for arrest as a necessary cost to challenge policies eroding Jewish land claims.

Opposition to Oslo Accords

In response to the Oslo Accords signed on September 13, 1993, between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Moshe Feiglin co-founded the Zo Artzeinu ("This Is Our Land") movement to oppose the agreement's territorial concessions, which he viewed as a fundamental abdication of Jewish sovereignty over biblical territories. Zo Artzeinu framed its resistance as a defense of Jewish self-determination, arguing that ceding land to entities lacking legitimacy over it—evidenced by the PLO's charter calling for Israel's destruction—would predictably erode Israel's security by empowering adversarial forces rather than fostering stability. This position drew on causal reasoning that historical patterns of appeasement toward irredentist claims had repeatedly invited escalation, a critique later borne out by the surge in Palestinian suicide bombings following the accords, with over 200 attacks claiming more than 1,000 Israeli lives by 2005. Feiglin led Zo Artzeinu in high-profile non-violent civil disobedience campaigns, including repeated blockades of major highways to disrupt daily life and compel public debate on the accords' risks. In 1994 and 1995, activists halted traffic on key routes such as the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway (Route 1) and intersections like Sha'ar HaGai, creating widespread gridlock that affected thousands and garnered extensive media coverage despite condemnations from authorities. These actions, peaking in late summer 1995 amid Oslo II negotiations, resulted in Feiglin's personal fine of approximately $3,300 for organizing disruptions, alongside police investigations into the group for incitement. The movement's tactics, while polarizing, amplified dissent against the two-state framework by highlighting empirical failures of the process, such as the rapid militarization of the Palestinian Authority and the collapse of security coordination post-1993. Feiglin contended that media portrayals downplayed these outcomes, prioritizing narratives of inevitable peace over data showing heightened vulnerability. Over time, Zo Artzeinu's agitation contributed to shifting right-wing discourse, normalizing arguments that Oslo's concessions had not only failed to reduce violence but had causally intensified it, influencing broader Israeli skepticism toward land-for-peace paradigms.

Manhigut Yehudit and Likud Entry

Founding of Manhigut Yehudit

Manhigut Yehudit was co-founded in 1996 by Moshe Feiglin and Shmuel Sackett, building on their prior activism in Zo Artzeinu to transition from protest to institutionalized political influence. The movement emerged in response to perceived failures of secular Zionism, particularly the Oslo Accords' territorial concessions, which Feiglin viewed as undermining Israel's foundational Jewish purpose. The core mission centered on advancing uncompromised Jewish leadership for the State of Israel, guided by Torah principles and asserting full sovereignty over biblical territories including Judea, Samaria, and Gaza. Feiglin emphasized applying authentic Jewish teachings to state policy, rejecting both religious coercion and secular erosion of national identity, which he linked directly to recurring security vulnerabilities such as terror waves following land withdrawals. This approach aimed to realign governance with first-principles Jewish realism, prioritizing causal connections between ideological fidelity and national resilience over pragmatic compromises. Initially operating independently, Manhigut Yehudit focused on ideological recruitment and education to cultivate a base capable of reshaping Likud from within. By affiliating with Likud in 2000, it began challenging the party's centrist shifts, growing to thousands of registered members by the early 2000s through targeted enrollment drives among settlers and ideological conservatives. This expansion positioned the faction to contest leadership primaries, advocating for policies that restored Jewish sovereignty as a bulwark against existential threats.

Integration into Likud and Leadership Challenges

In 2000, Moshe Feiglin integrated Manhigut Yehudit into the Likud party as a strategic faction aimed at internal reform and eventual leadership capture to advance principles of Jewish sovereignty and national identity. This move followed the evolution of his earlier Zo Artzeinu activism into a structured movement focused on ideological infiltration rather than external protest. Manhigut Yehudit built organizational infrastructure through member recruitment drives, ideological training, and purity tests emphasizing commitment to settlement expansion and rejection of territorial concessions, amassing support equivalent to about 10% of Likud's registered voters by 2012. Feiglin repeatedly challenged Benjamin Netanyahu in party primaries during the 2000s, culminating in the January 31, 2012, leadership election where he secured 23.21% of the votes (14,633 ballots) against Netanyahu's 76.79% (48,701 votes), amid a 50.4% turnout of 125,300 eligible members. Following the 2012 contest, Feiglin alleged vote discrepancies and irregularities, filing complaints with the party's elections committee over mismatches in reported figures from polling stations. Despite these leadership setbacks, the faction's mobilization efforts pressured Likud's discourse toward greater emphasis on West Bank settlement growth and hawkish security policies, normalizing positions once marginalized within the party.

Knesset Service and Likud Tenure

Election to Knesset in 2013

In the Likud party primaries held in late 2012, Moshe Feiglin secured the 14th position on the party's list for the January 22, 2013, elections to the 19th Knesset. This placement marked a significant achievement, as the joint electoral alliance between Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu positioned him realistically for a Knesset seat, given the alliance's projected strong performance. The joint list, which combined candidates from both parties, ultimately won 31 seats, enabling Feiglin's entry into the legislature. Feiglin's campaign within Likud emphasized ideological opposition to the Oslo Accords' framework, advocating instead for full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria as a means to resolve security and demographic challenges. He proposed reallocating portions of Israel's defense budget to incentivize voluntary Palestinian emigration from these territories, framing it as a pragmatic alternative to ongoing territorial concessions or indefinite military administration. This stance aligned with broader calls among Likud members for annexation of Area C in the West Bank, intensifying competition for right-wing votes ahead of the election. His election represented an empirical milestone, as Feiglin became the first member of Manhigut Yehudit to enter the Knesset, validating years of grassroots activism within Likud and shifting internal party dynamics toward greater ideological assertiveness on national identity and territorial issues. This breakthrough highlighted the influence of Manhigut Yehudit's recruitment efforts, which had bolstered Likud's religious and settler base without diluting the party's electoral viability.

Key Roles and Legislative Efforts

Upon election to the Nineteenth Knesset in January 2013 as a Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu candidate, Moshe Feiglin assumed the role of Deputy Speaker, a position he held through the parliamentary term ending in March 2015, involving oversight of plenary sessions and committee coordination. In this capacity, he chaired key Knesset lobbies promoting economic liberalism, preservation of Jewish heritage sites, and development of alternative energy sources, using these platforms to advance policy discussions on personal freedoms and national priorities. Feiglin's legislative initiatives emphasized sovereignty and libertarian reforms. He sponsored bills to expand access to medical cannabis, including a October 2013 proposal allowing any licensed physician to prescribe it for pain relief, permitting home cultivation up to 10 plants per patient, and easing bureaucratic restrictions—efforts positioning him as a primary advocate for decriminalization amid opposition from medical bodies concerned over unregulated use. He also pressed for declarative legislation affirming Israeli sovereignty, such as in a February 2014 Knesset debate urging full application of law over the Temple Mount and critiquing incomplete territorial control even within pre-1967 borders. Feiglin frequently criticized perceived government concessions on security and territory, including prisoner releases and restraint in Gaza operations, framing them as undermining national resolve; these stances drew internal Likud pushback, exemplified by his May 2013 removal from the Education Committee after a brief boycott protesting coalition policies. He defended such actions as principled stands against ideological conformity within the party, amid broader efforts to marginalize his faction's influence.

Departure from Likud and Zehut Formation

Exit from Likud in 2015

On January 5, 2015, Moshe Feiglin announced his departure from the Likud party, citing his inability to secure a realistic position on the party's Knesset list for the upcoming March elections following the primaries. In the Likud primaries held on December 31, 2014, Feiglin's placement dropped significantly to 36th, rendering re-election improbable given the party's projected seat allocation. Feiglin attributed the outcome to targeted efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies to marginalize ideological challengers within the party, including allegations of irregularities in a post-primary vote recount. He stated that Netanyahu had "thwarted" him but expressed no personal resentment, framing the exit as a necessary step away from internal manipulations that suppressed dissenting voices advocating for uncompromised Zionist principles. The departure highlighted Feiglin's long-standing tensions with Netanyahu's leadership style, which he viewed as prioritizing political expediency over ideological purity, thereby perpetuating concessions that diluted Likud's foundational commitments to territorial sovereignty and Jewish self-determination. This structural resistance within the party, Feiglin argued, necessitated an independent platform to articulate a vision rooted in direct application of Jewish values to state policy without factional censorship.

Establishment and Platform of Zehut

Following his departure from Likud in December 2014 after failing to secure a realistic path to leadership within the party, Moshe Feiglin announced the formation of Zehut ("Identity") in April 2015 as an independent political vehicle to advance a unified vision of Jewish sovereignty and individual liberty unconstrained by coalition compromises. The party was officially registered that year, positioning itself as a synthesis of religious-Zionist territorial maximalism and libertarian principles, emphasizing personal responsibility over state paternalism. Zehut's manifesto rejected incrementalism in favor of applying full Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, coupled with incentives for non-citizen Arabs to emigrate voluntarily, arguing that partial control perpetuates insecurity and moral ambiguity. Economically, Zehut advocated radical free-market reforms, including privatization of healthcare, social security, and land distribution monopolies to foster abundance and affordable housing, while decrying welfare dependencies as eroding self-reliance and family structures. The platform proposed replacing compulsory military service with a voluntary system bolstered by incentives like tax credits and priority in education or housing, aiming to professionalize the IDF and eliminate draft exemptions that Feiglin viewed as discriminatory and inefficient. Elements of direct democracy were incorporated through calls for binding referendums on major sovereignty decisions, reducing bureaucratic overreach, and minimizing government size to core functions of security and justice. Additionally, Zehut supported legalizing cannabis and other non-hard drugs under a regulated framework to undermine black markets and promote personal freedom, framing this as consistent with libertarian skepticism of state prohibition. In the April 2019 Knesset elections, Zehut secured 54,796 votes, equating to 1.32% of the total, falling short of the 3.25% electoral threshold and winning no seats, though the campaign amplified its ideological messaging among younger and disenfranchised voters disillusioned with established parties. This performance, while insufficient for representation, established Zehut as a niche force critiquing the welfare-state model and advocating causal links between territorial integrity and national prosperity, unfiltered by Likud's pragmatic restraints.

Electoral Campaigns and Performance

Zehut contested its first national election on April 9, 2019, receiving 47,029 votes, or 1.32 percent of the total valid ballots cast, insufficient to surpass the 3.25 percent electoral threshold for Knesset entry. The campaign highlighted anti-corruption reforms, extension of Israeli sovereignty to Judea and Samaria, and deregulation of personal liberties such as cannabis use, attracting support primarily from younger voters disillusioned with established parties. Pre-election surveys had projected Zehut securing four to seven seats, reflecting initial momentum, but the final tally revealed underperformance amid voter preference for consolidated right-wing lists.
Election DateVotes ReceivedVote ShareSeats Won
April 9, 201947,0291.32%0
Ahead of the follow-up election on September 17, 2019, Zehut withdrew from the contest following an agreement with Prime Minister Netanyahu promising Feiglin a cabinet post and support for medical marijuana liberalization. Analysts noted that the party's niche fusion of nationalist and libertarian appeals struggled against the structural barrier of the electoral threshold, which empirically disadvantages smaller formations by necessitating broad consolidation to avoid wasted votes. Participation drew accusations of fragmenting the right-wing electorate, siphoning potential Likud supporters and contributing to prolonged political stalemates, as dispersed votes prevented larger blocs from achieving clear majorities. Zehut abstained from the March 2020, March 2021, and November 2022 contests, with Feiglin citing tactical pauses to evade repeated threshold failures that plague ideologically specific parties in Israel's proportional system. Though denied parliamentary seats, the 2019 efforts exerted indirect influence by elevating cannabis policy in public debate—Zehut's decriminalization stance resonated with youth demographics, paving groundwork for later reforms in medical distribution and recreational trials. Similarly, its uncompromised sovereignty advocacy intensified right-wing conversations on settlement annexation, echoing in subsequent Likud platforms despite mainstream media portrayals often framing such positions as marginal. In January 2025, Feiglin revived Zehut's electoral ambitions, declaring candidacy for forthcoming polls and urging right-wing consolidation to challenge the incumbent coalition, underscoring persistent critiques of vote-splitting as a self-inflicted rightist vulnerability.

Post-2023 Developments

Responses to October 7 Attacks

Following the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, which killed approximately 1,200 Israelis and resulted in over 250 hostages taken to Gaza, Moshe Feiglin attributed the security breach to Israel's long-standing policy of territorial concessions and lack of full sovereignty over areas like Gaza, arguing that such appeasement empowered jihadist groups. He specifically criticized the 2005 disengagement from Gaza as a foundational error that allowed Hamas to consolidate power and launch the assault, claiming it demonstrated the futility of unilateral withdrawals without decisive control. Feiglin advocated for a doctrine of total victory, insisting on the complete dismantling of Gaza's military and ideological infrastructure, including no equivocation regarding civilian complicity in Hamas's supremacist ideology, which he described as permeating all levels of Gazan society. In an October 26, 2023, interview, he called for the "complete destruction of Gaza" akin to the Allied bombing of Dresden in World War II, prior to any ground invasion, to eliminate threats comprehensively and enable resettlement under Israeli sovereignty. He framed this as essential deterrence, rejecting partial measures like targeted operations, which he said had repeatedly failed to deter future attacks due to incomplete eradication of enemy capabilities. Feiglin defended his positions against accusations of extremism from outlets like Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye, which he and supporters viewed as biased toward Palestinian narratives and prone to amplifying jihadist propaganda while downplaying Hamas's use of human shields and ideological indoctrination. He argued that framing calls for decisive action as disproportionate ignored the causal reality of repeated Israeli restraint enabling escalations, such as the buildup to October 7, and emphasized that true security required rejecting equivocal approaches that treated combatants and ideological enablers as distinct.

Zehut Renewal and Current Political Stance

In January 2025, Moshe Feiglin announced the reopening of Zehut for participation in the next Israeli elections, positioning the party as a vehicle for right-wing unity to challenge and replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government. He urged leaders of other right-wing factions to withdraw support from the current administration, arguing that a governmental overhaul was necessary to address perceived failures in leadership and policy execution amid protracted security challenges. This revival built on Zehut's prior reestablishment, focusing on mobilizing voters disillusioned with the status quo to prioritize national sovereignty and decisive action. Feiglin's stance on the Gaza conflict emphasizes total eradication of hostile infrastructure and capabilities, rejecting ceasefires or humanitarian pauses as measures that extend the war by allowing enemy reconstitution. In August 2025, he publicly appealed to Netanyahu to alter the war's conduct, demanding cabinet-level decisions to pursue unrelenting objectives without concessions that undermine victory. By October 2025, Feiglin labeled a proposed Trump-brokered Gaza deal a "national defeat," contending it reflected a leadership void incapable of framing the confrontation as an existential identity struggle for Israel's preservation as a Jewish state.

Ideology and Positions

Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity

Feiglin maintains that the Land of Israel, encompassing Judea and Samaria, constitutes an indivisible Jewish homeland rooted in biblical covenants and millennia of historical continuity, necessitating full Israeli sovereignty to uphold national integrity. This stance rejects partition schemes, positing that Jewish self-determination requires unchallenged control over these territories to prevent strategic vulnerabilities. Central to his territorial vision is the outright dismissal of a two-state solution, which he views as empirically flawed based on the 2005 Gaza unilateral disengagement: following Israel's withdrawal on August 15, 2005, Hamas assumed governance after the January 2006 elections and consolidated power by June 2007, transforming the area into a launchpad for over 20,000 rockets and mortars fired at Israeli communities by 2023. Feiglin argues this outcome illustrates how territorial concessions foster hostile enclaves rather than stability, undermining security without reciprocal peace. To rectify the interim "occupation" status of Judea and Samaria—home to approximately 500,000 Jewish residents and 2.5 million Arabs as of 2023—Feiglin promotes immediate sovereignty extension, coupled with equal legal application to all residents and incentives for non-citizen Arabs to emigrate voluntarily, thereby affirming Jewish primacy while offering personal choice. In a 2014 outline, he detailed a five-step process prioritizing Jewish identity over mere Israeli citizenship, including annexation to integrate the territories fully and economic incentives to reduce Arab demographic pressures. Left-leaning critics, often from outlets like Haaretz, decry this framework as naive or escalatory, predicting international isolation or internal strife, yet Feiglin counters with causal realism: historical precedents, such as Jordan's stable rule over the West Bank from 1948 to 1967 absent Jewish presence, suggest that undivided sovereignty deters aggression more effectively than divided weakness, fostering peace through unchallenged deterrence rather than illusory negotiations.

Economic Libertarianism and Drug Policy

Feiglin's economic philosophy, as articulated through the Zehut party platform established in 2015, centers on libertarian principles favoring minimal state intervention to maximize individual prosperity and innovation. He advocates privatizing key public sectors including education, healthcare, and social welfare to reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies and empower market-driven solutions. This approach aligns with his broader push for deregulation, which he argues unleashes entrepreneurial potential, as evidenced by Israel's high-tech sector's growth—contributing over 18% to GDP by 2019 through relatively lighter regulatory burdens compared to more state-controlled economies that correlate with slower innovation and stagnation. To stimulate economic activity, Feiglin has proposed radical tax reforms, including a flat tax rate, gradual elimination of import duties and quotas, and zero value-added tax (VAT) to lower barriers to consumption and investment. These measures, outlined in his 2019 campaign pledges, aim to replace progressive taxation and subsidies with incentives for private initiative, contending that government handouts distort markets and hinder growth. Critics have highlighted potential contradictions with subsidies for certain settler communities, but Feiglin maintains that ending broad welfare dependencies would foster self-reliance and long-term prosperity over short-term redistribution. On drug policy, Feiglin pioneered advocacy for cannabis legalization within the Knesset as a Likud member in 2013, positioning himself as Israel's leading proponent of decriminalization based on individual liberty and the inefficacy of prohibition. He argued that personal freedoms should not be curtailed by state paternalism, citing enforcement costs exceeding NIS 500 million annually in Israel without reducing usage rates, which hovered around 9% of adults. By the 2019 elections, Zehut made full legalization—including home cultivation and sales—a core demand, with Feiglin vowing to join only coalitions advancing it, framing it as both a rights issue and an opportunity for regulated economic activity akin to alcohol markets.

Social and Cultural Issues

Feiglin promotes the establishment of Israel as a Jewish state where Jewish cultural and national identity holds primacy, while advocating for individual liberty that precludes state coercion in personal religious observance. This framework posits that the state's public sphere should embody Jewish values, such as prioritizing family structures rooted in traditional Jewish teachings, without mandating private adherence to halacha for citizens. Zehut's platform integrates this by emphasizing personal freedoms alongside Jewish identity as foundational to Israeli society. On issues pertaining to sexual orientation and family, Feiglin opposes government endorsement of events like pride parades, arguing they represent an imposition of minority lifestyles on the broader public rather than a defense of rights. In a 2012 statement, he described such parades as "forcing the values of a tiny minority on the majority," underscoring the family unit—aligned with Jewish tradition—as the bedrock of national stability. Despite past self-descriptions as a "proud homophobe" in a 2009 article critiquing homosexual culture's societal impact, his positions reflect a libertarian boundary: non-interference in consensual private acts, evidenced by Zehut's 2017 inclusion of an Orthodox lesbian candidate on its Knesset list, which countered accusations of blanket intolerance by applying consistent principles of personal autonomy to all individuals. Feiglin's views on women's roles emphasize equality within a halachic context, asserting that societal functions should derive from Biblical principles rather than secular egalitarianism. He supports women's rights to employment and public participation but has cautioned against mothers working outside the home during their children's early years to preserve family integrity. In practice, he has rejected stringent separations, stating in 2013 that shaking hands with women constitutes permissible non-sexual touch under halacha, diverging from more conservative interpretations. Regarding non-Jewish minorities, including Christians, Feiglin advocates respect for their presence and practices in a Jewish-majority state, provided they do not challenge its core Jewish character; he prioritizes cultural policies that reinforce Jewish identity over multicultural impositions, framing this as essential to national cohesion without revoking individual tolerances. This stance aligns with his broader ideology by extending libertarian non-coercion to minorities' private lives while maintaining state-level Jewish precedence, rebutting claims of systemic intolerance through uniform application of liberty principles across groups.

Security and Foreign Relations

Feiglin's security doctrine prioritizes military deterrence and territorial sovereignty as essential to countering existential threats from groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, arguing that concessions undermine Israel's defensive posture. He has consistently opposed unilateral withdrawals, citing the 2005 Gaza disengagement, which he contends empowered Hamas's militarization and led to over 20,000 rockets fired at Israeli communities since, demonstrating that evacuation invites aggression rather than peace. This empirical lesson informs Zehut's platform, which calls for full Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria, and Gaza to eliminate terror bases, rejecting diplomacy predicated on land-for-peace formulas as historically futile. In foreign relations, Feiglin advocates alliances grounded in Israel's demonstrated strength, critiquing reliance on external powers that impose conditions. He has been a prominent supporter of Jonathan Pollard's release, viewing the U.S. withholding of clemency—Pollard was convicted in 1987 for spying for Israel—as leverage to pressure Jerusalem on policy matters, and in 2013 urged President Obama to free him during a Knesset address, framing it as a test of bilateral reciprocity. Similarly, he has criticized U.S. administrations perceived as exerting undue influence, emphasizing that true partnerships stem from deterrence, not appeasement. Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks that killed over 1,200 Israelis, Feiglin called for an uncompromising war to eradicate not just Hamas's military capabilities but its ideological foundations, rejecting partial victories or ceasefires that allow regeneration, as evidenced by post-2005 Gaza dynamics. He argues that half-measures perpetuate cycles of violence, advocating total operational control to ensure long-term deterrence against jihadist threats.

Published Works and Intellectual Contributions

Major Books and Writings

Feiglin's earliest major book, Where There Are No Men: Zo Artzeinu's Struggle Against the Post-Zionist Collapse, published in 1996, chronicles the founding and activism of the Zo Artzeinu movement, which he co-established to protest the Oslo Accords and perceived erosion of Zionist principles through civil disobedience campaigns, such as blocking roads to Rabin government events. The work emphasizes leadership voids in Israeli society, drawing from the Talmudic phrase "where there are no men, strive to be a man," to argue for assertive Jewish ideological resistance against territorial concessions. In 2005, Feiglin released The War of Dreams: From the State of the Jews to the Jewish State, a comprehensive ideological treatise advocating a paradigm shift from Israel's current secular, democratic framework—termed a "state of the Jews"—to a sovereign Jewish state rooted in Torah values, including exclusive citizenship for Jews and the relocation of non-Jewish populations to restore national purpose and security. The book frames this transition as an internal psychological and spiritual battle against assimilated Jewish identity, critiquing post-Zionist influences for weakening resolve against existential threats. Later publications include End of Normality (Ketz HaNormaliyut), which examines the collapse of conventional Western paradigms in Israeli governance and society, positing that adherence to liberal norms undermines Jewish sovereignty and self-determination. Feiglin's To Be a Free Jew: State of Israel Operating Instructions (Lihiyot Yehudi Hofshi), integrates libertarian principles with Jewish identity, outlining policy blueprints for economic freedom, minimal state intervention, and faith-based national revival as antidotes to bureaucratic overreach. His most recent book, Man Seeks Identity (HaAdam Mechapesh Zehut), slated for release in late 2024, explores human quests for authentic identity amid globalism and secularism, applying these insights to Israel's need for uncompromised Jewish sovereignty to counter ongoing security challenges in the 2020s.

Media Appearances and Commentary

Feiglin maintains a regular presence in Israeli media as a commentator on national identity, security, and policy challenges. He contributes opinion columns to The Jerusalem Post, where he critiques prevailing narratives on sovereignty and cultural resilience, often drawing on historical precedents to advocate for assertive Jewish statehood. In television appearances, Feiglin engages in debates on security matters, particularly emphasizing threats from Gaza and the West Bank. On Israel's Channel 14 in May 2025, he articulated a hardline stance during an interview, asserting that Gaza's civilian population, including children, constitutes an inherent enemy requiring comprehensive conquest and settlement to neutralize existential risks. These discussions highlight his role in challenging mainstream hesitations on territorial control. Post-October 7, 2023, Feiglin's media commentary intensified, focusing on the attacks' implications for Israeli identity and deterrence. In an October 26, 2023, interview with Al Jazeera, he called for the "complete destruction of Gaza" to eliminate ongoing threats, framing it as a necessary response to cycles of violence initiated by Palestinian actions. His analyses, delivered in outlets like online forums and broadcasts, have spurred public discourse on uncompromised sovereignty, positioning him as a voice prioritizing empirical assessments of adversarial intent over conciliatory approaches. Critics' condemnations of his positions as inflammatory are countered by Feiglin's insistence that such reactions suppress candid evaluations of security realities rooted in historical patterns of conflict.

Controversies and Responses

Statements on Arabs and Gaza

In a May 20, 2025, interview on Israel's Channel 14, Moshe Feiglin declared that "the enemy is not Hamas," asserting instead that "every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy" due to the population's deep ideological opposition to Israel's existence. He advocated for Israel to "conquer Gaza and colonize it" with the goal of ensuring "not a single Gazan child remains there," presenting this as the only path to decisive victory over a society he described as uniformly hostile. Feiglin framed these inhabitants as ideological adversaries, not merely political opponents, citing the pervasive indoctrination and support for violence against Israel embedded in Gazan culture and education. Feiglin's position draws on empirical data from Palestinian polls indicating widespread rejection of Israel and endorsement of Hamas's actions. A May 2024 Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) poll found that 71% of respondents across Gaza and the West Bank viewed Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks as "correct." In Gaza specifically, a June 2024 PCPSR survey showed 38% support for Hamas governance, with consistent majorities favoring armed resistance over negotiation. A July 2024 poll by the same group reported 40% preferring Hamas rule in Gaza, underscoring what Feiglin terms a societal consensus on enmity that renders partial measures ineffective for long-term security. He argues that restraint perpetuates cycles of attack, as evidenced by Hamas's repeated rearmament in Gaza post-disengagement, while deterrence through dominance—such as population relocation via incentives—neutralizes threats without indiscriminate killing, akin to Allied strategies in World War II that dismantled enemy civilian-supported infrastructures like German V-weapon production sites. The statements elicited accusations of genocidal intent from international media and Israeli opposition figures. Outlets such as NDTV and TRT World, the latter state-funded by Turkey with a history of aligning against Israeli policies, labeled the remarks as calls for extermination. Haaretz, an Israeli publication noted for its critical stance on right-wing security policies, highlighted them as "outrages" warranting opposition condemnation. Feiglin's defenders, including voices in Israeli conservative circles, rebut that the rhetoric targets the causal roots of aggression—ideological and demographic sustainment of Hamas—rather than physical destruction of individuals, emphasizing voluntary emigration incentives as a humane alternative to ongoing rocket fire and incursions, with polls showing up to 48% of Gazans open to leaving under certain conditions. This approach prioritizes causal deterrence over restraint, which Feiglin claims has empirically failed, as Gaza's 2005 disengagement led to fortified militancy rather than peace.

Historical and Comparative Remarks

Feiglin's references to Adolf Hitler have been subject to selective quotation and interpretation, often omitting the analytical intent behind invoking historical resolve against existential enemies. In a June 16, 2024, interview on Israel's Channel 12, he stated: "As Hitler said, 'I cannot live if one Jew is left.' We can't live here if one 'Islamo-Nazi' remains in Gaza," framing it as a model of uncompromising commitment to eliminating a perceived threat, akin to the determination required for national survival rather than an endorsement of genocidal methods. Critics in left-leaning outlets portrayed this as a partial validation of Hitler's approach, ignoring the distinction Feiglin drew between strategic mindset and moral abomination, with mainstream media like Haaretz—known for institutional left-wing bias—amplifying condemnation without full contextual nuance. Right-wing commentators, conversely, have appreciated such remarks as unflinching realism, highlighting how Hitler's success in unifying Germany against a common foe underscores the causal efficacy of total national mobilization, a lesson Feiglin applies to Israel's security imperatives without approving Nazi atrocities. Similarly, Feiglin has analogized the 1993 Oslo Accords to Neville Chamberlain's 1938 Munich Agreement appeasement of Hitler, arguing that territorial concessions to the Palestine Liberation Organization incentivized violence rather than peace. Co-founding the Zo Artzeinu protest movement in 1993 specifically against Oslo, he contended that the accords' framework—ceding control over parts of Judea and Samaria—directly precipitated a surge in Palestinian suicide bombings, with data showing 210 such attacks between 1993 and 2000 killing over 800 Israelis, a stark empirical contrast to pre-Oslo stability. This causal link, per Feiglin's first-principles assessment, mirrors how Munich's land-for-peace illusion emboldened Nazi expansionism, leading to war; left-leaning analyses dismiss such comparisons as alarmist, yet overlook the accords' failure to reduce hostilities, while right-leaning views credit Feiglin's warnings with prescient un-PC candor on deterrence dynamics.

International Bans and Petitions

In March 2008, the United Kingdom's Home Office banned Moshe Feiglin from entering the country, determining that his presence "would not be conducive to the public good" due to statements deemed capable of provoking inter-communal violence or unacceptable behavior. The decision, issued under then-Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, referenced Feiglin's advocacy for full Jewish sovereignty over the Temple Mount and related public speeches, without right of appeal. Feiglin, a Likud central committee member at the time, described the ban as an honor, accusing the British government of hypocrisy for policies he viewed as supportive of terrorism while targeting non-inciteful political advocacy. The ban highlighted tensions over free speech boundaries in democratic immigration policy, where policy critiques of contested territories were equated with risks of unrest, potentially conflating ideological disagreement with direct threats. Such measures have been critiqued for enabling selective enforcement that disadvantages right-wing Zionist positions while permitting entry to figures with Islamist affiliations, thereby amplifying narratives framing sovereignty claims as inherently extremist rather than legitimate territorial disputes rooted in historical and legal precedents. In December 2014, a petition by academics affiliated with the anti-BDS "Scholars for Israel and Palestine" group urged the U.S. government and European Union to impose personal sanctions on Feiglin alongside three other Israeli right-wing leaders, citing their public stances on settlement expansion and conflict resolution as warranting exclusion from Western travel and financial systems. Despite the group's opposition to boycotts against Israel broadly, the initiative targeted domestic ideological opponents, raising questions of selective academic application where sanctions advocacy against Zionist hardliners coexisted with tolerance for adversarial regimes' spokespersons, suggestive of institutional biases favoring centrist or left-leaning Israeli perspectives over robust sovereignty advocacy. Calls for expanded international restrictions persisted into 2025, particularly after Feiglin's May statements framing Gaza's population—including infants—as inherent security threats amid resettlement proposals, prompting renewed sanction advocacy from NGOs like Action on Armed Violence, which invoked the 2008 precedent to argue for broader UK measures. These efforts underscore ongoing debates over whether such petitions and bans address verifiable incitement or serve to delegitimize policy realism on demographic and territorial threats, potentially incentivizing escalatory Islamist rhetoric by signaling that defensive postures equate to sanctionable offenses.

Internal Party and Policy Disputes

Feiglin encountered repeated internal sanctions within the Likud party due to his challenges to party leadership and procedural nonconformity. In May 2013, the Likud leadership dismissed him from the Knesset Education Committee after he suspended his parliamentary activities as a protest against perceived government policies, a move framed by party officials as disruptive to coalition discipline. This action followed earlier efforts to sideline his Manhigut Yehudit faction, including adjustments to primary election rules in 2012 aimed at curbing the influence of hardline elements like Feiglin, who had garnered significant support in central committee votes. A key policy dispute centered on Jonathan Pollard, the U.S. naval analyst convicted of spying for Israel in 1987. Feiglin vocally advocated for Pollard's release, highlighting what he described as unequal treatment in espionage cases—Pollard received a life sentence while individuals spying against Israel, including some U.S. operatives, faced lighter consequences or extradition issues. In 2013, ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to Israel, Feiglin threatened to boycott the event unless Pollard was freed, positioning the demand as a test of U.S. commitment to alliance equity and urging Israel to expel foreign spies in reciprocity. His persistent lobbying within Likud and publicly amplified calls for Pollard's pardon, which culminated in Pollard's release on parole in November 2015, though Feiglin attributed delays to U.S. policy biases rather than legal merits alone. Feiglin's critiques of U.S. policy under the Obama administration, which he viewed as an extension of pressures undermining Israeli sovereignty—such as settlement freezes and Iran negotiations—sparked clashes with more accommodationist Likud figures. He portrayed Vice President Joe Biden's 2010 visit, marked by tensions over East Jerusalem housing approvals, as emblematic of ongoing U.S. interference, arguing it prioritized Palestinian concessions over Israel's security needs. These positions fueled accusations of divisiveness from party centrists, who saw Feiglin's rhetoric as complicating Netanyahu's coalition management, yet his faction's growth to represent a substantial bloc in Likud institutions demonstrated effective grassroots mobilization for hawkish stances, countering narratives of mere factionalism as pretexts to suppress internal competition.

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