Israeli ultra-Orthodox Party Says Ready for New Election if Lieberman Insists on Draft Law
Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman is making legislation requiring ultra-Orthodox conscription a condition to joining the government
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Ultra-Orthodox Parties Were This Year's Real Winners, Here's Why
In successful night for ultra-Orthodox, Mizrahi Haredi party gets 8 seats, matching its Ashkenazi sister party, United Torah Judaism
Analysis Hoping to Be Repaid, ultra-Orthodox Parties Embrace Netanyahu Moments After Victory
By immediately supporting Netanyahu after the election, the ultra-Orthodox parties aim to lock Netanyahu in, keeping him from taking unilateral steps without first coordinating with them
Israel Election 2019: Nearly All Right-wing Parties Declare They Will Recommend Netanyahu to Form Coalition
Yisrael Beiteinu got five Knesset seats but its leader Avigdor Lieberman has yet to announce who he will recommend for the premiership
Analysis These Seven Parties’ Fates Will Decide Israel's Election
Shas, Yisrael Beiteinu, Meretz, Kulanu and three others are all at risk of electoral obliteration on April 9. Their survival or demise will help determine the next government
Labor Party's Shabbat Bus Ruled Illegal by Election Committee
Election board chairman says proposed campaign push for public transport on Saturday constitutes 'gift' to potential voters
Shas Leader Arye Dery Drops Effort to Form Joint ultra-Orthodox Ticket
The leader of Mizrahi ultra-Orthodox Shas party ended speculations over a joint run with its Ashkenazi counterpart in the April election
Police Recommend Charging Israeli Interior Minister With Fraud, Breach of Trust, Tax Offenses
Police say tax offenses involved millions of shekels ■ Minister Arye Dery previously served 22 months in prison for bribery and fraud
Israel Interior Minister Attacks Mayoral Candidate: ‘The Devil Wants to Make Jerusalem Secular’
Ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral election, Shas leader Arye Dery says ‘entire left’ is supporting Berkovitch
Residents of Central Israel City Protest Construction of ultra-Orthodox Synagogue
Dozens of residents gathered outside mayor's home, brandishing signs that read 'anxious about the future of the neighborhood'
Shas Languishes in the Polls, Yet Its Low-achievement School System Is Growing Fast
Until Haim Biton took over two years ago, the Maayan Chinuch Torani school system’s enrollment had been stable at about 36,000. But last year, it had more than 45,000 students
How Religion and Identity Politics Were Harnessed to Create an Unstoppable Political Force in Israel
'The Unorthodox,' which opens this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, looks at the birth of Shas – the religious party that is a political kingmaker and the swing vote on any peace deal
Netanyahu Pushing to Pass Long-contested ultra-Orthodox Draft Bill Within a Month
Speaking at a coalition heads meeting which did not include all the major players clashing on the issue, Netanyahu says he seeks agreement and approval for the bill before the end of the current Knesset seat
Analysis The Battle Over Israel's ultra-Orthodox Draft Bill Descends Into Petty Politics
Lieberman worries about his Russian constituents and Litzman about his patron. No one is looking at the critical economic implications
Defense Minister Lieberman Clashes With ultra-Orthodox Parties Over New Army Draft Bill
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman wants to reduce state funding for yeshivas if the ultra-Orthodox don’t meet conscription quotas set by the law. But the two ultra-Orthodox parties oppose this
Arye Dery Tries to Eliminate Shas Rivals by Reconciling With Chief Rabbis
With recent polls showing Shas hovering around the threshold for getting into the Knesset, the charismatic ultra-Orthodox leader wants to get rid of internal opposition
Israeli Interior Minister Questioned Again on Graft Suspicions
The police suspect that money donated to a nonprofit group may have helped Arye Dery’s family buy real estate
Israel Passes Bill That Bans Most Stores From Operating on Shabbat
The narrow 58-57 vote allows the interior minister to repeal future municipal bylaws allowing grocery stores to remain open on the Jewish day of rest
Mother and Children Killed in Brooklyn Hanukkah Fire Laid to Rest in Israel
Hundreds attend the funeral, including Shas Minister Arye Dery ■ The mother grew up in Holon in a prominent Sephardic family ■ The fire that killed them may have been sparked by Hanukkah candles
Opinion Day of Rage
Netanyahu's government has declared war against liberal democracy in Israel. It’s time to fight back
After Minister's Threat to Resign, Israel Gives Initial Backing to Bill That Would Shutter Shops on Shabbat
Interior Minister Dery threatened to resign if the bill wouldn't pass, causing Netanyahu to rush to the Knesset upon his arrival from Europe to solve the crisis
Israeli Minister Threatens to Resign if Bill Barring Stores From Opening on Shabbat Not Passed
The bill is slated for a first Knesset vote on Monday evening and the governing coalition is having trouble cobbling together enough votes
Israeli Minister Denies He Seeks to Lower Knesset Electoral Threshold
Such a move ostensibly would help smaller right-wing parties reach parliament in the next election
Israeli Minister Claims ultra-Orthodox Have Right to Hold 'Women-free' Events
Interior Minister Dery to let municipalities hold sex-segregated public events, even though Justice Ministry had accepted committee's recommendations to the contrary
Opinion We Have No Other Meretz
This Zionist-left party is Israel's only party that carries two banners, diplomatic and social, without blinking and without stuttering.
Opinion The Tragedy of ultra-Orthodox Shas Leader Arye Dery
The leader of the Shas party was once admired by Rabin, Peres et al for his modern worldview, but has thrown that away for the embrace of the Ashkenazi Haredim
Rabbis Force ultra-Orthodox Israeli Lawmaker to Resign After Attending Gay Nephew's Wedding
MK Yigal Guetta left the ultra-Orthodox Shas party after prominent rabbis demanded his resignation for attending a same-sex marriage
Analysis It's Not Gay Weddings That Will Spell the End of the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party
It's the fact that the former kingmakers have lost their way
Former Israeli Officials Charged for Bribery, Fraud, Tax Offenses
Indictment filed against former Deputy Minister Faina Kirshenbaum and 10 defendants associated with Defense Minister Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu party.
Ultra-Orthodox Shas Party Launches New Paper With Unknown Backers
Shas' old publication was acquired by an advertising executive - the first ultra-Orthodox woman in Israel to run a weekly paper