Haredi leader attacks religious Zionists for drafting to IDF, Benjamin Netanyahu condemns
Rabbi Dov Lando, spiritual leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Degel Hatorah faction, attacked the religious Zionist community, accusing…
Rabbis emerge as key voices warning Israelis about Iranian spy recruitment
Israeli security officials have entrusted Jewish religious leaders to help counter online recruitment efforts by Iranian agents seeking…
How Gadi Eisenkot’s snub of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef redefines Israeli politics
Former chief rabbi and Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef offered Yashar Party head Gadi Eisenkot a political…
Netanyahu’s coalition falls to 48 seats following Knesset’s legislative blitz
The opposition bloc is expected to gain 62 seats in the next election, while the current coalition is…
Knesset approves bill extending mandatory IDF service
The Knesset plenum passed late Thursday night the bill to extend mandatory military service to 32 months. Forty-three…
Knesset legislative blitz: Key Israeli laws explained
Israel’s Knesset completed its legislative blitz ahead of its dissolution, which will be on July 17. Here are…
Highway 4 closed in both directions due to haredi protest
Highway 4 was closed in both directions from 4 p.m. on Thursday due to a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest…
High Court petition challenges Limor Son Har-Melech’s gender segregation law
Six haredi women and 10 academics petitioned the High Court of Justice on Thursday to strike down, or…
Shas leader Deri slams IDF chief Eyal Zamir over ‘trying to help left-wing bloc’
Leader of the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Sephardic Shas Party, Arye Deri, accused IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir…
Uproar in Knesset as legislators approve gender-segregated university programs
The Knesset voted 52-43 to approve an amendment to the Student Rights Law allowing higher education institutions to…
Haredi protesters demonstrate outside IDF draft centers
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) demonstrators gathered around IDF recruitment centers in central Israel to protest the drafting of haredi soldiers,…
Knesset passes Basic Law enshrining Torah study despite IDF warnings
The Knesset’s plenum passed on Monday the contentious legislation advanced by the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties that will enshrine…