Amir Ohana

Likud members still support Netanyahu, hold reservations on his policies - poll

In the Likud list for the 26th Knesset, according to the poll of members, Talya Gottlieb leads with 71.5%. Following her are Amir Ohana with 69.9%, Moshe Saada with 61.6%, and Eli Cohen with 56.6%.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ministers at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on December 8, 2025.
Ahmed Charai presents Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana with the Abraham Leadership and Public Service Award.

Amir Ohana honored with Abraham Leadership and Public Service Award

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana lights a memorial candle on Remembrance Day, April 20, 2026.

WATCH: Knesset holds annual 'Songs in Their Memory’ ceremony to mark Remembrance Day

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials stand at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.

Netanyahu, officials lay wreaths after siren marking Holocaust Remembrance Day


Herzog: There's still time for dialogue on judicial reform

The first reading of the judicial reform passed its vote in the Knesset on Monday night.

 President Isaac Herzog speaks on Israel's judicial reform on February 12, 2023

Shevah Weiss, former Knesset speaker, Holocaust survivor dies at 87

"[He] loved his people and the state that he represented with pride," President Isaac Herzog eulogized on Twitter.

 Portrait of Shevah Weiss, an Israeli political scientist and former politician and speaker of the Knesset. Sep 18 2007

Grapevine January 4, 2023: A strange pecking order

 President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal greet leaders of various Christian Churches

UK chief rabbi about LGBTQ+ Knesset speaker: Love every Jew

UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, speaking about Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, said LGBTQ+ Jews should be treated with love and respect.

 UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis lights Hanukkah candles with then-UK prime minister Boris Johnson (Illustrative).

Rabbi with ties to Ben-Gvir and Deri says Amir Ohana is 'infected with a disease'

Mazoz also hinted that the Meron incident because of the existence of the LGBTQ+ community.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana in the Knesset Plenum, December 29, 2022.

Disgruntled Likud MKs could maneuver against Netanyahu

Prominent Likud members and MKs did not receive the ministerial posts they hoped for - several already voiced their displeasure with the PM.

 PM Netanyahu with several of his ministers at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the Knesset, December 29 2022.

Haredi MKs Gafni, Porush cover faces as Ohana thanks his husband

Porush reportedly expressed outrage to Gafni concerning Ohana's words during the speech saying "What is this?"

 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.

On this day in 2015: Haredi MKs walk out when openly-gay Ohana sworn in

In 2015, United Torah Judaism and Shas staged a walk-out when Amir Ohana was sworn into Knesset. Will they do the same again?

 Likud MK Amir Ohana vote at a Likud polling station in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

Who will be Israel's next foreign minister? - analysis

Those who do fill that role often find it difficult to break out of his shadow to make their own independent mark.

 CLOCKWISE: Prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud MK Israel Katz, Likud MK Amir Ohana and former US ambassador Ron Dermer.

Can next Israeli gov't cancel, ignore three major state inquiries? - analysis

Amid the focus on the corruption trial of Benjamin Netanyahu, most have forgotten the three state inquiries: The Submarine Affair, Mount Meron tragedy and Gilboa Prison breakout.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav, the fifth submarine in the fleet, after it arrived in Haifa's port