Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace – and Eisenkot’s effort to distance himself from it – reflects Israel’s shifting…
Top Shas rabbi signals openness to working with Eisenkot rather than Netanyahu after election
Former Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who is also the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, said…
Bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners fails as Haredim boycott vote
The Knesset on Monday voted down a bill to ban Red Cross visits to Palestinian prisoners in its…
Haredi parties deny report of deal with Netanyahu to pass array of pre-election laws
Shas and United Torah Judaism on Tuesday denied reports that they have reached a deal with Prime Minister…
Shas leader threatens Haredi ‘tax revolt’ over latest push to conscript yeshiva students
The ultra-Orthodox public in Israel could soon begin refusing to pay taxes, the leader of the Haredi Shas…
Former Shas minister Moshe Arbel resigns from Knesset ahead of election
Shas MK and former cabinet minister Moshe Arbel announced his retirement from politics and submitted a letter of…
Haredi factions push to dissolve Knesset, increasing likelihood of slightly earlier elections
The seven-strong ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party said Tuesday that it would seek to dissolve the Knesset…
Ultra-Orthodox parties break with Netanyahu but know they have nowhere else to go
For many years, and perhaps for as long as anyone can remember, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community has not found…