menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

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.

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

Avi Maoz takes partial control of Israeli education after cabinet approval

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

Israel's democracy is under threat from messianic forces in gov't

By LESLIE SUSSER
 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses a meeting of his Knesset faction on Monday.

We must save religious Zionism from the Religious Zionist Party - opinion