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Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri, Jerusalem, December 30, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2015, 3:04 pm
Shas head Aryeh Deri ‘humbly’ announces political comeback
Two weeks after resignation, chairman says the ultra-Orthodox party is 'more important than any other consideration'
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative photo: Israeli bodyguards outside a Knesset committee hearing (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi / Flash90)
January 6, 2015, 9:30 am
Politicians’ security boosted following death threats
Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch ordered to only travel in armored vehicles; Naftali Bennett seen with extra body guard
By Adiv Sterman
Aryeh Deri and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, March 17, 1999 (photo credit: Flash90)
January 5, 2015, 8:13 pm
As its leader Deri fights for his political life, Shas teeters with him
Flourishing on the strength of Ovadia Yosef's spiritual leadership and Aryeh Deri's deft skills, Shas was an electoral fixture and source of Sephardi influence for 30 years. Yosef died a year ago; Deri is maneuvering desperately to prevent the party passing too
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri at a press conference in Jerusalem, December 14, 2014. Behind him is a poster of the party's late spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2015, 1:22 am
5 days after quitting, Shas head Deri hints at comeback
Ex-party leader says rival Eli Yishai showed incendiary video of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef to Shas rabbis a month ago but promised not to leak it
By Justin Jalil and TOI staff
Aryeh Deri all smiles, after his resignation was rejected on December 30, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 2, 2015, 7:08 am
Shas head Deri tells supporters: Your cries have reached me
Speaking for the first time since resigning from the Knesset, party chief hints at possible return
By Lazar Berman
Shas party leader Aryeh Deri signs a letter resigning from the Knesset, as Speaker Yuli Edelstein looks on, December 30, 2014. (Photo credit: Isaac Harari/Knesset Spokesperson)
December 30, 2014, 5:54 pm
Shas leader Deri quits Knesset, fellow MKs following suit
Move has little practical significance, as parliament already dissolved, but underlines implosion of Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Aryeh Deri all smiles, after his resignation was rejected on December 30, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 30, 2014, 2:31 pm
Clearing the Deri-air
Aryeh Deri's surprise resignation, and his party's rejection of it, has all the dailies buzzing
By Yossi Nachemi
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri at a press conference in Jerusalem, December 14, 2014. Behind him is a poster of the party's late spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2014, 9:29 pm
Shas chief tenders resignation over leaked tapes
Party's council of rabbis rejects move, largely seen as symbolic, and decrees that Aryeh Deri remain in his position
By Stuart Winer and Tamar Pileggi
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem, September 2012. (Flash90)
December 29, 2014, 2:41 pm
Leaked video shows late Shas spiritual leader blasting Deri
Shas lashes out at ex-head Eli Yishai after 2008 tape airs of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef calling current party head 'wicked'
By Tamar Pileggi
Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
December 26, 2014, 3:36 pm
Likud and Labor-Hatnua neck and neck in new poll
In wake of graft scandal, Liberman down one mandate; former general Yom-Tov Samia set to join Labor
By Lazar Berman and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the foreign media at a press conference in Jerusalem, on December 17, 2014. (photo credit: Emil Salman/Flash90, Pool)
December 26, 2014, 11:25 am
Poll shows Likud gaining seats, as Kahlon and Liberman slip
Labor-Hatnua still on top with 24 seats, while united Arab list would garner 13 seats
By Lazar Berman
Aryeh Deri, right, and Adina Bar Shalom speaking at a Shas party press conference in Jerusalem, December 14, 2014. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
December 26, 2014, 8:44 am
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox mull bigger role for women
Shas, UTJ, and Eli Yishai's new party still don't have female lawmakers, but some Haredi women are demanding a voice
By Tia Goldenberg
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lights candles for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in the poor, ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, December 23, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 24, 2014, 5:52 am
Why is it so hard to know how many Israelis are poor?
And some harsh lessons being learned in Shas about the steep political costs of schism
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Ex-Shas member Eli Yishai (left) and Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri cheer during a party conference in Jerusalem, December 4, 2012. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 21, 2014, 2:58 pm
Shas MK: Deri’s leadership is like the Islamic State
Anonymous member of ultra-Orthodox party attacks its chairman, voices support for Eli Yishai
By TOI staff
Naftali Bennett (L), leader of the Jewish Home party, seen with fellow Jewish Home minister MK Uri Ariel (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 21, 2014, 4:25 am
Uri Ariel, Tekumah MKs to remain in Jewish Home party
Ex-Shas lawmaker Eli Yishai will not enjoy union with hawkish faction, despite growing rumors
By Lazar Berman
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