Zvi Sukkot
{{Short description|Israeli activist and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = צבי סוכות (cropped).jpg
| caption = Sukkot in 2022
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|10|03|df=yes}}
| office = Faction represented in the Knesset
| suboffice1 = Religious Zionist Party
| subterm1 = 2023–2025
| suboffice2 = Religious Zionist Party
| subterm2 = 2025–
| native_name = צבי סוכות
| native_name_lang = he
}}
Zvi Yedidia Sukkot ({{Langx|he|צבי ידידיה סוכות}}; born 3 October 1990){{Cite web |title=חבר הכנסת צבי סוכות |url=https://m.knesset.gov.il/MK/APPS/mk/mk-print/1121 |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=Knesset |language=he}} is an Israeli activist{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4992166,00.html|title=Right-wing activists rebuke Arabs over attack in Arabic-language video|date=20 July 2017|work=Ynetnews|first=Elisha|last=Ben Kimon|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/240456|title=Watch: Activists remove terror-inciting ads in Judea and Samaria|website=Israel National News|first=Mordechai|last=Sones|language=en|date=9 January 2018|access-date=4 March 2018}}
Background
Zvi Sukkot lives in Yitzhar, and is married, with three children.{{Cite news|url=https://forward.com/news/328981/the-radical-new-face-of-the-jewish-settler-movement/|title=The Radical New Face of the Jewish Settler Movement|work=The Forward|first=Naomi|last=Zeveloff|date=11 January 2016|access-date=4 March 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/israeli-police-begin-forced-removals-of-amona-settlers-in-the-west-bank-20170202-gu3umu.html|title=Israeli settlers attack police as forced removals from West Bank outpost begin|last=Eglash|first=William Booth and Ruth|date=2 February 2017|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=4 March 2018}} He was a former representative of the far-right terror group known as "The Revolt".{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/MAGAZINE-what-s-driving-israel-s-radical-settler-youth-to-rebel-1.5396984|title=What's Driving Israel's Radical Settler Youth to Rebel?|last=Persico|first=Tomer|date=31 January 2016|work=Haaretz|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}} He is known for his participation in right-wing activism in Israel.{{Cite news |last=Magid |first=Jacob |date=25 December 2017 |title=4 Israelis arrested in clashes with police over demolition of outpost home |language=en-US |work=The Times of Israel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/4-israelis-arrested-in-clashes-with-police-over-demolition-of-outpost-home/ |access-date=4 March 2018}}
Activities
=West Bank activism=
On 18 January 2010, he was arrested along with 9 other people as part of an investigation of a mosque arson.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8465006.stm|title=Israeli settlers arrested in mosque arson investigation|work=BBC News|date=18 January 2010|access-date=8 November 2022|language=en-GB}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://jerusalemworldnews.com/2012/01/05/idf-expels-12-jewish-extremists-from-west-bank/|title=IDF expels 12 Jewish extremists from West Bank|website=jerusalemworldnews.com|date=5 January 2012|language=en-US|access-date=24 May 2018}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://972mag.com/settlers-protest-alleged-torture-of-jewish-teens-in-tel-aviv/115067/|title=Settlers protest alleged torture of Jewish teens in Tel Aviv {{!}} +972 Magazine|website=972mag.com|first=Edo|last=Konrad|date=23 December 2015|language=en-US|access-date=4 March 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-right-wing-activists-protest-jewish-torture-in-tel-aviv-1.5381308|title=Right Wing Teens Reenact Torture to Protest Shin Bet Tactics in Tel Aviv Square|last=Arad|first=Roy|date=24 December 2015|work=Haaretz|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}} On 6 July 2017, he was arrested on suspicion of engaging in "price tagging".{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4985449,00.html|title=Man arrested on suspicion of 'price tag' offense|date=7 June 2017|work=Ynetnews|first=Elisha|last=Ben Kimon|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}} On 13 December 2017, he filmed Arab stone-throwers in Yitzhar, and accused "Rabbis for Human Rights" of splicing and editing footage.{{Cite web|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/239280|title='Arabs rioted - and Jewish residents defended themselves'|website=Israel National News|first=Reut|last=Hadar|language=en|date=13 December 2017|access-date=4 March 2018}} On 25 December 2017, he was arrested for protesting the demolition of a home in the outpost of Yishuv HaDa'at. On 9 January 2018, he, along with other members from Otzma Yehudit, removed a "terror-inciting" billboard. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5070668,00.html|title=Right-wing party launches new project to catch Palestinian rioters|date=14 January 2018|work=Ynetnews|first=Elisha|last=Ben Kimon|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/1448954/video-otzma-yehudit-party-purchasing-drones-to-document-arab-attacks.html|title=VIDEO: Otzma Yehudit Party Purchasing Drones To Document Arab Attacks|date=14 January 2018|work=Yeshiva World News|access-date=4 March 2018|language=en-US}}
=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.{{Cite web |title=הציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ ועוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גביר |url=https://www.gov.il/he/Departments/General/otzmayehudit_tzyunutdatit_list18 |access-date=6 February 2023|website=GOV.IL |language=he}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Mezzofiore|first1=Gianluca|last2=Alkhaldi|first2=Celine|last3=Salman|first3=Abeer|last4=Elbagir|first4=Nima|title=Israel's Military Called the Settler Attack on this Palestinian Town a 'Pogrom.' Videos Show Soldiers Did Little to Stop It |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/middleeast/huwara-west-bank-settler-attack-cmd-intl/index.html |access-date=20 August 2023 |work=CNN |date=15 June 2023}}
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.{{cite news |title=Military Police raid IDF detention facility, 9 held, over 'serious abuse of a detainee' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/military-police-raid-idf-detention-facility-9-held-over-serious-abuse-of-a-detainee/ |access-date=30 July 2024 | date = 29 July 2024| work=The Times of Israel}}{{cite news |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title='Bordering on anarchy': IDF chief sounds alarm after right-wing mob breaks into 2nd base |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/bordering-on-anarchy-idf-chief-sounds-alarm-after-right-wing-mob-overruns-2nd-base |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=The Times of Israel |date=30 July 2024}}
Political career
Sukkot entered the Knesset on 8 February 2023 as a replacement for Bezalel Smotrich, who resigned under the Norwegian Law.{{Cite web|last=Hezki|first=Baruch |date=8 February 2023|title=צבי סוכות הושבע לכנסת |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/591709 |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=Israel National News |language=he}} On 1 November 2023, Sukkot was appointed chairman of the Knesset Subcommittee for Judea and Samaria.{{cite web | last=Sharon | first=Jeremy | title=Ultranationalist MK Tzvi Succot appointed head of Knesset West Bank subcommittee | website=The Times of Israel | date=1 November 2023 | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultranationalist-mk-tzvi-succot-appointed-head-of-knesset-west-bank-subcommittee/ | access-date=3 November 2023}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-20 |title=צבי סוכות נפרד מהכנסת: "השמאלנים חוגגים? חבר'ה אנחנו לא הולכים" |url=https://www.inn.co.il/news/659227 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=www.inn.co.il}}{{cite web|url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/mk/apps/mklobby/main/current-knesset-mks/mk-replacement|title=Personnel changes in the 25th Knesset|work=Knesset|accessdate=8 April 2025}}
He returned to the Knesset in April as a replacement for Otzma Yehudit MK
Almog Cohen.{{cite web|title=Smotrich reverses resignation as PM helps patch rift among his far-right partners|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-reverses-resignation-as-pm-helps-patch-rift-among-his-far-right-partners/|website=The Times of Israel|date=3 April 2025|access-date=8 April 2025|last=Sokol|first=Sam}}
References
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External links
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Category:Israeli Orthodox Jews
Category:Members of the 25th Knesset (2022–)