Bentzi Rubin

Bentzi Rubin is Maariv's parliamentary correspondent. He began his career in the media as an investigator and presenter of segments on the Knesset channel and then served as a political correspondent for the Srugim news site between 2020 and 2024.

He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a bachelor's degree in communication and political science and is an active reserve officer.


Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana

Knesset speaker apologizes to families of October 7 victims after violent altercation

 Yarden Bibas gives his eulogy at the funeral for Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas

'Could have been saved': MK reads Yarden Bibas letter to Netanyahu in Knesset

Yair Golan, head of The Democrats party speaks at the Knesset. February 24, 2025.

Coalition denies Labor Party's bid to change name to The Democrats


Yair Netanyahu sues MK for claim he was sent abroad because he hit his father

A Likud representative dismissed the allegations as an “Absolute lie and detestable, a new low from the depths of the left’s sewer."

Yair Netanyahu

Benny Gantz: 'If there is no release of hostages - there is no reason for a ceasefire'

He added that everyone must be returned, especially given that it is impossible to guarantee that those alive today will still be alive tomorrow.

National Unity chairman MK Benny Gantz holds a faction meeting in the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 9, 2024

'For every hostage harmed, Israel will take 5% of Gaza,' Smotrich says

“There is currently a debate about whether the war can be stopped. The war cannot be stopped just before the complete destruction of Hamas," Smotrich said.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at Knesset, February 10, 2025.

Nearly half of North's evacuees undecided about returning home - poll

The survey revealed that 44% of evacuees remain undecided about returning to their homes, with only 5% having decided not to return.

 Kiryat Shmona evacuees

Ex-Shin Bet chief: Netanyahu asked me to spy on ministers, officers

Cohen said he saw the request not as eavesdropping but rather as “using tools against anyone who is privy to the secret, including wiretapping.”

 Former Director of Shin Bet Yoram Cohen attends a conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, on February 6, 2024.

Turning up the fight: Qatar's role re-visited as Knesset members argue for stricter enforcement

Against the background of the renewed attempt to formulate an outline for the release of hostages, a group of Knesset members in the coalition formulated a bill that would tighten enforcement against

 Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

'His blood is on your hands': Noam Party targets A-G with Ayalon banner

Opposition MKs criticized the banner, saying that "division and incitement" are hallmarks of the far-right Noam Party, and concerns over incitement against the attorney general.

 Banner on Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway targeting Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, placed by the far-right Noam Party, November 18, 2024.

MKs to tour east Jerusalem schools, push Palestinian to Israeli curriculum shift

Several Knesset members are expected to tour multiple schools in east Jerusalem as part of a government program working to transition students from Palestinian to Israeli curricula.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Likud members join MK Moshe Arbel in support for unity government

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel is working with opposition parties to form a unity government led by Netanyahu focused on returning hostages.

 Minister of Interior and Minister of Health Moshe Arbel seen during a Shas faction meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2023.

Israel must occupy southern Lebanon or life in North 'unsustainable' - Likud MK

Likud MK Ariel Kellner: Israel's current border with Lebanon is 'unsustainable' • Government 'cannot provide security to northern Israelis'

 MK Ariel Kellner speaks during a protest in support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, near the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem, July 21, 2024