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…
Top Shas rabbi: US-Iran deal is divine punishment for arrests of Haredi draft dodgers
Former Sephardic chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, who is also the spiritual leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, said…
Enraged by arrests of draft evaders, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community is in revolt
Angered by government efforts to detain draft evaders, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community has risen in revolt in recent weeks,…
Bring it on? Why the ultra-Orthodox, the opposition, and maybe Netanyahu think earlier elections will work for them
This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times…
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…
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…
The Blogs: To Settle Lebanon | Jordan Himel
For Israel to settle Lebanon is to further destroy any hope we can hold for peace. Prospects for…