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Avi Maoz

MK Avi Maoz is the leader of the Noam Party. 

A controversial figure, Maoz has been criticized for alleged homophobic and racist remarks in the past. He is the only member of the Noam Party in Knesset, having made it in on a shared ticket with Otzma Yehudit and the Religious Zionist Party.

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 Banner on Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway targeting Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, placed by the far-right Noam Party, November 18, 2024.

'His blood is on your hands': Noam Party targets A-G with Ayalon banner

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi (left) and MK Avi Maoz (Right)

Deputy minister against IDF chief of staff: 'Dismiss him immediately'

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

PMO agrees to redirect Avi Maoz's NIS 285 m. to evacuees

 MK AVI Maoz sits among empty seats in the Knesset plenum.

Avi Maoz's sequel run in Israeli politics which many did not ask for - opinion

 MK Avi Maoz seen during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022.

Avi Maoz has no place in Israel's government - editorial

 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023.

Opposition, LGBTQ+ orgs. slam Maoz's return to Israel's gov't

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

Avi Maoz's 'Jewish Identity Authority' to receive NIS 120m. in 2023

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

Avi Maoz: NYC Mayor treats yeshivas better than Tel Aviv Mayor

 MK BENNY Gantz speaks to the media in Sderot last week. Yair Lapid may prefer chaos, and Benjamin Netanyahu may prefer delay, but that’s why their polls keep plummeting while Gantz’s is rising, says the writer.

Israel's mature majority is saving democracy - opinion

 MK Avi Maoz seen during a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022.

Israel is trying to legalize pedophilia - Avi Maoz

 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023.

Israeli far-right MK Avi Maoz 'filled with shame' over gay Knesset Speaker

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

Avi Maoz submits bill to repeal Law of Return's Grandchild Clause

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

MK Avi Maoz: Blood shortages caused by removing 'mother, father' from donor forms

 Noam party leader Avi Maoz sits with Shas leader Arye Deri in the Knesset plenum, March 1, 2023

Netanyahu appears to be losing control over extremist partners

 NOAM CHAIRMAN Avi Maoz at the Knesset: Great concern.

Avi Maoz resigns as deputy minister in PMO, he tells Netanyahu

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana with his husband and children at a Likud faction meeting following the swearing in of the new government, December 29, 2022.

Amir Ohana votes against coalition on LGBTQ+ rights bill

 Noam head Avi Maoz speaks during a function meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2022

Hod Hasharon to fund programs cut by anti-LGBTQ lawmaker Avi Maoz

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

What do Israel's religious Zionists think of the government? - survey