in late 2011, MK Uri Ariel protested Israeli officials who called the group "terrorists", and condemned calls for the use of lethal force to repel such attacks in the future. In January 2012, Ariel admitted to giving IDF troop movement information to such militants in order to facilitate disruption of army activities. In 2009, MK Michael Ben-Ari was arrested after interfering with police attempts to arrest a settler who had been rioting against Palestinians in protest of proposed settlement evacuations. In March 2011, Ben-Ari criticized arrests of settlers who had thrown stones at the police in order to block the service of an arrest warrant, comparing Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch to Muammar Gaddafi and declaring that "his days are numbered". In 2012, MK Aryeh Eldad and MK Michael Ben-Ari sparked controversy by calling for asylum seekers entering Israel to be shot. Composition Party leaders Election results Knesset members Notes References External links National Union Knesset website Facebook Young Leadership of National Union Defunct political party alliances in Israel Religious Zionist political parties in Israel Zionist political parties in Israel Neo-Zionism Nationalist parties in Asia Political parties established in 1999 Conservative parties in Israel 1999 establishments in Israel Political parties disestablished in 2013 Right-wing parties 2013 disestablishments in Israel Right-wing politics in Israel