In the
2003 Israeli municipal elections, Fogel ran as a mayoral candidate for Beersheba as an independent candidate with the support of the
Shinui party. After moving to
Safed in late 2007, he was appointed by the
Ministry of Interior to serve as the head of the
Tuba-Zangariyye Council, after the elected council was dissolved due to procedural mismanagement. Fogel rejected the position, but accepted the offer of becoming a member of the town council instead. In August 2017 Fogel announced that he was running for the position of the head of the
Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council as part of the
2018 Israeli municipal elections. However he withdrew his candidacy in September 2018. In 2020, he joined the Israel Defense and Security Forum which advocates for the
annexation of the Jordan Valley. He has supported shooting any Arab who throws stones at an IDF soldier, while being lenient towards Jews who do the same. He became an MK following the election. In an interview with British broadcaster
Channel 4 in December 2022, Fogel stated that Israel was too "merciful" towards Palestinians and "the concept of proportionality should cease to exist." He further asserted that "if it is [to choose between] one Israeli mother crying, or a thousand Palestinian mothers crying, then a thousand Palestinian mothers will cry." Fogel was first appointed to the
Knesset 's
National Security Committee in February 2023, though he briefly left the position in February 2025 after Otzma Yehudit left the government, and was replaced by
Boaz Bismuth. That May, Fogel was reinstated in the position, as Otzma Yehudit returned to the government. In February 2023, Fogel announced his support for reprisal attacks against Palestinian villages in retaliation for terror attacks. Speaking in favor of settler violence targeting the Palestinian town of
Huwara, Fogel stated that, "A closed, burnt Huwara — that's what I want to see. That's the only way to achieve deterrence. After a murder like yesterday's, we need burning villages when the IDF doesn't act." Fogel also stated, "We need to stop shying away from
collective punishment." During the
Gaza War, Fogel called for the
ethnic cleansing of the
Gaza Strip, saying that there should not be a single Palestinian left in Gaza at the end of the war.{{cite podcast |last1=Stewart |first1=Rory|last2=Campbell ==References==