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Zvi Sukkot
Israeli activist and politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zvi Yedidia Sukkot (Hebrew: צבי ידידיה סוכות; born 3 October 1990)[1] is an Israeli activist[2] and politician who currently serves as a Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party and National Religious Party–Religious Zionism. Sukkot previously served as the Executive Director of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.[3]
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Background
Zvi Sukkot lives in Yitzhar, and is married, with three children.[4][5] He was a former representative of the far-right terror group known as "The Revolt".[4][6] He is known for his participation in right-wing activism in Israel.[7]
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West Bank activism
On 18 January 2010, he was arrested along with 9 other people as part of an investigation of a mosque arson.[8] In 2012, he was expelled from the West Bank under suspicion that he was part of a group of 12 that had planned and carried out violent attacks against Palestinians and their property. The organization Honenu provided him with legal representation.[9] On 25 December 2015, he organized a demonstration against the Shin Bet in Tel Aviv in which he re-enacted the alleged torture of Jewish prisoners who were suspected to have been involved with the Duma arson attack.[10][11] On 6 July 2017, he was arrested on suspicion of engaging in "price tagging".[12] On 13 December 2017, he filmed Arab stone-throwers in Yitzhar, and accused "Rabbis for Human Rights" of splicing and editing footage.[13] On 25 December 2017, he was arrested for protesting the demolition of a home in the outpost of Yishuv HaDa'at.[7] On 9 January 2018, he, along with other members from Otzma Yehudit, removed a "terror-inciting" billboard.[3] On 14 January 2018, he, along with other members of the leadership of Otzma Yehudit, organized a crowd-funding campaign to purchase drone equipment to film Arab stone-throwers.[14][15]
As Knesset member
Ahead of the 2022 Israeli legislative election, Sukkot was given the sixteenth spot on a joint list between Otzma Yehudit, the Religious Zionist Party and Noam, representing the Religious Zionist Party.[16] Two weeks later, at the onset of the Huwara rampage, Sukkot tweeted that "Huwara's killers' nest needs to be taken care of", and posted a picture of himself among a group of settlers gathering at Tapuach Junction, to the immediate south of Huwara.[17]
Sukkot in July 2024 urged his supporters to protest at Sde Teiman detention camp against the Israeli military police's detention of nine Israeli soldiers suspected of abuse of a Palestinian prisoner; Sukkot then joined other right-wingers in illegally invading the Sde Teiman detention camp, declaring that "we cannot investigate the soldiers until we investigate those who failed" to stop the 7 October attacks.[18][19]
Political career
Sukkot entered the Knesset on 8 February 2023 as a replacement for Bezalel Smotrich, who resigned under the Norwegian Law.[20] On 1 November 2023, Sukkot was appointed chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria.[21]
Sukkot left the Knesset on 21 January 2025 after Amihai Eliyahu returned to the Knesset under the Norwegian Law following Otzma Yehudit's withdrawal from the government.[22][23]
He returned to the Knesset in April[23] as a replacement for Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen.[24]
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