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Aryeh Deri

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 7:40 am
Netanyahu recalculates his election strategy amid shattered regional dreams
The prime minister hoped to head to the polls as the victor of the Middle East, but a rebuke from Trump and ultra-Orthodox crises have imposed a new political reality
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Shas leader Aryeh Deri in the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 1:29 pm
Internal ultra-Orthodox politics are driving an unprecedented assault on the AG
Facing intense pressure from constituents over the failed draft exemption law, Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and right-wing allies are inciting a rebellion against law enforcement
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote on the 2026 state budget in the Knesset, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 3:12 am
Shas leader threatens Haredi ‘tax revolt’ over latest push to conscript yeshiva students
Deri says government using Haredi parties as ‘punching bag’ after attorney general announces that donations to yeshivas harboring draft dodgers aren’t eligible for tax credits
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
MK Moshe Gafni attends a finance committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 7:26 pm
Following draft evader arrests, Gafni calls on Haredim to halt cooperation with police
Degel HaTorah chair urges local representatives not to ‘become complicit in harming the holy Torah.’ MKs advance bill restoring daycare subsidies for the children of draft dodgers
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Dov Lando casts his vote at a voting station on the morning of the Municipal Elections, in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90/ File)
May 13, 2026, 9:30 am
Ultra-Orthodox parties break with Netanyahu but know they have nowhere else to go
Despite Rabbi Lando’s ultimatum and anger over the draft law, any talk of a historic alliance with the center-left is baseless, as the Haredi factions rightly fear losing their voters
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Two top contenders for the position of Tel Aviv city rabbi. A special committee is set to appoint one of the candidates on April 26, 2026. Left: Rabbi Zevadia Cohen. (Wikipedia) Right: Rabbi Haim Amsalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 24, 2026, 2:38 pm
Tel Aviv set to choose new chief rabbi Sunday, with mayor said to favor Shas candidate
After a nine year vacancy, a 64-member panel will choose a candidate, with Mayor Ron Huldai reportedly striking deal with powerful Haredi party to give his support
By Rossella Tercatin
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Shas party chair Aryeh Deri attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2026, 4:59 pm
Coalition forges ahead with bid to bar court from nixing ministerial appointments
Shelved 2023 bill to allow a minister to serve despite criminal convictions is revived in apparent effort to protect Ben Gvir, who faces petitions for his dismissal
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Shas party chair Aryeh Deri attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 23, 2026, 3:37 am
Coalition to renew work on bill barring court intervention in ministerial appointments
Legislative process began in 2023 as attempt to allow Deri to serve as minister despite criminal convictions, but may now benefit Ben Gvir, who faces petitions for his dismissal
By ToI Staff
Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. (Courtesy/ File)
February 20, 2026, 2:24 am
High Court tells state to advance Western Wall egalitarian plaza upgrade, without further delays
Chief rabbis claim justices overstepped their authority with ruling, while Shas leader Aryeh Deri accuses them of trying to ‘desecrate’ Western Wall
By Rossella Tercatin
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (L) speaks with Education Minister Nafatli Bennett during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 31, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 16, 2026, 10:27 am
Bennett and Deri spar after mob attacks female soldiers in Bnei Brak
Former PM visits city, accuses coalition of turning blind eye to ultra-Orthodox incitement against joining army; Shas leader calls for restraining order against him
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
MK Boaz Bismuth chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2026, 6:35 pm
Haredi draft exemption marching ahead, but contentious bill still faces uphill battle
With rebel MKs possibly withholding support, legislation is set to advance out of committee but may be slow to face Knesset vote, putting ultra-Orthodox parties in a bind over budget
By Sam Sokol
Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting following the death of minister Uri Orbach, who passed away at the age of 54. February 16, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO)
January 20, 2026, 11:52 am
Israel is approaching elections in a new era. There aren’t many new faces
The country has undergone seismic changes over the past two-plus years, but many of the politicians vying for votes are the same ones who ran more than a decade ago
By Ben Sales
Medics at the scene of an incident at an unlicensed daycare in the ultra-Orthodox Romema neighborhood in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
January 19, 2026, 8:01 pm
Haredi leaders blame babies’ deaths on state’s push to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Shas, UTJ link tragedy at overcrowded, illegal daycare to attorney general’s instruction to cut childcare subsidies for draft evaders; hundreds protest babies’ autopsy
By Rossella Tercatin and Sam Sokol
Shas chief MK Aryeh Deri, seated right at head of the table, is seen during a a meeting of the faction at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 9, 2025, 2:53 am
Deri: Shas won’t support 2026 budget until Haredi kids get food-stamp funds
Ultra-Orthodox party head accuses Finance Ministry of altering criteria to exclude ultra-Orthodox; $86 million were promised to Shas in 2025 as part of coalition agreement
By Ariela Karmel
MK Aryeh Deri attends a Knesset session in Jerusalem on February 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 6, 2025, 9:49 pm
Despite apparently backing Bismuth’s draft exemption law, Shas still deeply divided
Senior Shas rabbis complain that chairman Aryeh Deri is weakening their influence in the party as it debates coalition proposal to regulate Haredi enlistment and IDF exemptions
By Sam Sokol
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