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Zvi Succot

Zvi Sukkot is an Israeli settler activist and politician who has served as a Member of the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party since 2023.

born 1990Settler activism in the West BankReligious Zionist Party Knesset memberLeading Otzma Yehudit as director

Born: 3 October 1990, Israel
Party: Jewish Power, Religious Zionist Party
Education: Aderet Eliyahu Yeshiva

Zvi Succot was born in 1990 in Israel

Sukkot was born on 3 October 1990 in Beitar Illit to a Haredi family. His grandfather is the artist Rabbi Elia Sukkot. In 2005, after the disengagement plan, he left the Haredi community and joined the hilltop youth.

He studied at Adderet Eliyahu in the Old City of Jerusalem and later studied and taught at the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in Yitzhar. He did not serve in the IDF.

He was arrested several times and was twice barred from the West Bank by orders. In January 2010 he was arrested over a mosque arson and released without charges. In 2015 he organized a protest in Tel Aviv against the Shin Bet, and in 2017 he helped lead the Amona outpost struggle.

In 2017 he became executive director of Otzma Yehudit and later advised Samaria council head Yossi Dagan. He entered the Knesset in February 2023 in place of Bezalel Smotrich. He left in January 2025, returned in April, and in December 2025 was appointed head of the Education, Culture and Sports Committee.

He lives in Yitzhar, is married and has 3 children.

Milestones in Zvi Succot's life

1990
Born in Beitar Illit.
2005
Left the Haredi community and joined the hilltop youth.
2010
Arrested over a mosque arson and released without charges.
2017
Appointed executive director of Otzma Yehudit.
2021
Led the founding of the Evyatar outpost.
2023
Entered the Knesset for the Religious Zionist Party.
2025
Appointed head of the Knesset Education Committee.

Zvi Succot served in the military

Sukkot did not serve in the IDF and received an exemption for unsuitability. In July 2024 his request to enlist was rejected because a Knesset member cannot legally be drafted.

Religious Zionist Party