Zvi Sukkot | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
2023– | Religious Zionist Party |
Personal details | |
Born | 3 October 1990 |
Zvi Yedidia Sukkot (born 3 October 1990)[1] is an Israeli activist and politician currently serving as a Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party. Sukkot previously served as the Executive Director of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.[2][3][4][5]
Zvi Sukkot lives in Yitzhar, and is married, with three children.[6][7] He was a former representative of the far-right terror group known as "The Revolt".[6][8] He is known for his participation in right-wing activism in Israel.[9]
On 18 January 2010, he was arrested along with 9 other people as part of an investigation of a mosque arson.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12][13] On 6 July 2017, he was arrested on suspicion of engaging in "price tagging".[14] On 13 December 2017, he filmed Arab stone-throwers in Yitzhar, and accused "Rabbis for Human Rights" of splicing and editing footage.[15] On 25 December 2017, he was arrested for protesting the demolition of a home in the outpost of Yishuv HaDa'at.[9] 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.[16][17]
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.[18] 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.[19]
On 1 November 2023, Sukkot was appointed chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria.[20]
Sukkot entered the Knesset on 8 February 2023 as a replacement for Bezalel Smotrich, who resigned under the Norwegian Law.[21]