Deri, who served 22 months in jail for accepting bribes, was one of ultra-Orthodox party's joint leaders in January election; former Interior Minister Eli Yishai demoted to chairman of party's education network.

Mickey Levy of Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party was discussing the issue of ultra-Orthodox joining the military and serving in the workforce and quickly said he was sorry for using such a derogatory term.

With its mediocre showing in the election and the poor health of Rabbi Ovadia, Shas is clearly coming to the end of an era.

Keeping the ultra-Orthodox parties out of the coalition isn't a boycott, nor is it hatred, but rather a political attempt to achieve a different, more just distribution of resources.

A state-appointed task force on refugees and asylum-seekers points the finger at human rights organizations and calls for detaining individuals who are eligible for protection if they have not formally applied for asylum.

Interior minister confirms that Israel has been repatriating migrants who were held in detention centers, says 'I hope this will continue'; AG Weinstein ruled Monday, however, that no Eritreans in Israeli custody could be deported to '

Israeli human rights activists and politicians blast deportation as immoral and in violation of basic obligations under international law; Netanyahu, Eli Yishai have yet to respond.

Government minister Meshulam Nahari requested NIS 15,000 in state funds for an organization without mentioning that it was run by the grandfather of the woman his son was about to marry.

The estimated the value of exemption the yeshivas receive to be in the tens of millions of shekels per year; Petitioners claim that Interior Minister Eli Yishai took into account invalid political considerations in formulating the new criteria.

Will Shas declare independence from the Ashkenazi rabbis?