Tagged Shas

Flag Temple Mount

Orthodox and secular Israeli parties mulling alliance to bar Jews from the Temple Mount- report

Aryeh Deri

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers threaten to topple Netanyahu government

Deri Netanyahu

Ultra-Orthodox parties come out in favor of hostage deal

Benjamin Netanyahu

‘Words of ignorance’: Netanyahu blasted for saying ‘God hasn’t always protected us’

Moshe Arbel

Don’t defend ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, says Haredi minister

Women of the Wall

Netanyahu nixes bill that bans immodest dress and women’s prayer groups at Western Wall

Netanyahu Deri

Coalition unanimously backs bill to override Supreme Court, bring Deri back as minister

Netanyahu

Following ruling, Netanyahu visits ‘brother in need’; Deri determined to ‘break through the ceiling’

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri

COALITION CRISIS: Supreme Court rules against Deri – will Netanyahu gov’t fall?

Rabbi Shimon Baadani, Shas spiritual leader and co-founder, dies at 97 on January 11, 2023 (photo credit: Youtube screengrab)

Influential Israeli rabbi, Shas party co-founder Shimon Baadani dies

Amir Ohana

‘Do the right thing, marry a wife,’ former MK tells openly gay Knesset speaker

Rabbi David Yosef

No religious coercion in new government, vows Orthodox party’s spiritual leader

Aryeh Deri Bezalel Smotrich

Knesset passes controversial Deri, Smotrich laws, legislative blitz continues

Smotrich and Netanyahu

What are the next steps before Netanyahu’s government is sworn in?

El Al plane

Ten million non-Jews are eligible for Israeli citizenship under current Law of Return, demographer says

Netanyahu, Deri, Smotrich

The Orthodox parties’ reasonable demand for religious freedom – opinion

Netanyahu, Deri, Smotrich

Likud signs preliminary coalition deal with Shas

Gideon Sa'ar

Don’t extend coalition negotiation deadline for Netanyahu, justice minister urges Herzog

tefillin

Israeli radio host suspended after saying religious Jews should ‘hang themselves with tefillin’

Otzma Yehudit Ben Gvir

President Herzog caught warning Shas that ‘whole world is afraid of Ben Gvir’

Rabbi Shalom Cohen

Israel mourns passing of spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen

Rabbi Shalom Cohen, SHAS

Ultra-Orthodox parties: God ended government that ‘tried to destroy Judaism’

ARYEH DREI

Former senior Israeli minister convicted of tax crimes

Cave of the Patriarchs

Most Israeli holy sites are still off-limits to disabled – here’s why

Bennett Haredim

‘You’re a clown’: Bennett slammed by Orthodox lawmaker for controversial statement

PRIME MINISTER NAFTALI BENNETT

Bennett: The ultra-Orthodox have too much political power

Chuppa

Ultra-Orthodox lawmakers blast minister’s proposal for civil marriages

Netanyahu Litzman

Orthodox politicians to Netanyahu: Promise us Knesset law to overturn Supreme Court decisions

Baruch Gazahi

Shas MK concedes seat after saying women who show cleavage risk cancer

Bennett Haredim

Bloc reemerges: Right-wing parties sign on dotted line for Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu, with members of right-wing orthodox parties

Netanyahu convenes political allies after handing over mandate to Gantz

Avigdor Liberman

WATCH: Kingmaker Liberman won’t endorse anyone

Litzman

Ultra-Orthodox party threatens to leave government over military deferrals

Adina Bar Shalom, daughter of former Shas spirtual leader, the late Chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former chief rabbi’s daughter forms new Israeli political party

Yair Lapid

Poll: Opposition Yesh Atid party in dead heat with Netanyahu’s Likud

Eli Yishai

WATCH: Israeli politician pushing to annex Judea and Samaria

Aryeh Deri

Interior minister interrogated again, legal problems deepen

Women of the Wall

Orthodox party pushes to ban mixed-gender prayer at Western Wall