Yaakov Ariel is the former chief rabbi of the city of Ramat Gan, Israel, and a cofounder of Gush Emunim, an Israeli ultranationalist organization. Ariel served as a rosh yeshiva in the abandoned Israe

Gush Emunim was an Israeli ultranationalist religious Zionist Orthodox Jewish right-wing fundamentalist activist movement committed to establishing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and