Zvi Sukkot

Zvi Sukkot is an Israeli activist, and the Executive Director of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.[1][2][3][4]

Zvi Sukkot
צבי סוכות
NationalityIsraeli
Known forRight-wing activism
Political partyOtzma Yehudit

Background

Zvi Sukkot lives in Yitzhar, and is married, with three children.[5][6] He was a former representative of the group known as "The Revolt".[5][7] He is known for his participation in right-wing activism in Israel.[1]

Activities

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.[1] 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]

References
  1. "4 Israelis arrested in clashes with police over demolition of outpost home". Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. "Right-wing activists rebuke Arabs over attack in Arabic-language video". Ynetnews. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "Watch: Activists remove terror-inciting ads in Judea and Samaria". Israel National News. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. "Calls to Chief of Staff: 'Bring back the checkpoints'". Israel National News. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. "The Radical New Face of the Jewish Settler Movement". The Forward. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. Eglash, William Booth and Ruth (2 February 2017). "Israeli settlers attack police as forced removals from West Bank outpost begin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. Persico, Tomer (2016). "What's Driving Israel's Radical Settler Youth to Rebel?". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  8. "West Bank mosque attack arrests". 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  9. "IDF expels 12 Jewish extremists from West Bank". jerusalemworldnews.com. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  10. "Settlers protest alleged torture of Jewish teens in Tel Aviv | +972 Magazine". 972mag.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  11. Arad, Roy (24 December 2015). "Right Wing Teens Reenact Torture to Protest Shin Bet Tactics in Tel Aviv Square". Haaretz. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  12. "Man arrested on suspicion of 'price tag' offense". Ynetnews. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  13. "'Arabs rioted - and Jewish residents defended themselves'". Israel National News. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  14. "Right-wing party launches new project to catch Palestinian rioters". Ynetnews. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  15. "VIDEO: Otzma Yehudit Party Purchasing Drones To Document Arab Attacks". Yeshiva World News. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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