Ben Gvir's trick that will bring Otzma Yehudit 1.2 million shekels every year

Shtetl
September 9, 2026   
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The Otzma Yehudit party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, was once again registered as two separate parties.

According to Shahar Glick's report in Kan News, this is a fictitious registration intended to increase the public funding that the party receives each month.

The registration means that Ben Gvir will receive an additional 1.2 million shekels from the state treasury each year to finance the additional party - even though in reality it is the same party.

Ahead of the elections for the 26th Knesset, the full list of Otzma Yehudit candidates submitted to the Central Elections Committee was published today.

In ninth place, Ben Gvir placed Yossi Goldberger, a Chabad activist - on the party's ultra-Orthodox track. The minister's chief of staff, Hanamal Dorfman, is placed in seventh place.