January 5, 2015
8:13 pm

Aryeh Deri and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, March 17, 1999 (photo credit: Flash90)

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

January 5, 2015
1:22 am

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)

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 Times of Israel staff

January 2, 2015
7:08 am

Aryeh Deri all smiles, after his resignation was rejected on December 30, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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

December 30, 2014
5:54 pm

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)

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 Times of Israel staff

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

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

December 29, 2014
2:41 pm

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem, September 2012 (photo credit: Flash90)

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

December 26, 2014
3:36 pm

Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog (L), with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in November 2013. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

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 Times of Israel staff

December 26, 2014
11:25 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the foreign media at a press conference in Jerusalem, on December 17, 2014. (photo credit: Emil Salman/Flash90, Pool)

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

December 26, 2014
8:44 am

Aryeh Deri, right, and Adina Bar-Shalom speaking at a Shas party press conference in Jerusalem, December 14, 2014. (Screen capture: Channel 2)

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

December 24, 2014
5:52 am

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)

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

December 21, 2014
2:58 pm

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)

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 Times of Israel staff

December 21, 2014
4:25 am

Naftali Bennett (L), leader of the Jewish Home party, seen with fellow Jewish Home minister MK Uri Ariel (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

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

December 18, 2014
1:01 am

Former Shas MK Eli Yishai, December 8, 2014 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Uri Ariel said on verge of signing with Yishai

No women expected on planned list of Shas, Jewish Home defectors. MK Orit Strock may take administrative role

By Times of Israel staff

December 17, 2014
2:14 pm

PM Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on December 15, 2014 (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO / Flash90)

Pakistan or Palestine?

The dailies are shocked by the massacre of schoolchildren in Pakistan and worried about Palestinian diplomatic moves

By Yossi Nachemi

Topic: Eli Yishai

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

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

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

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

Clearing the Deri-air

Aryeh Deri’s surprise resignation, and his party’s rejection of it, has all the dailies buzzing

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

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’

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

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

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

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

Shas MK: Deri’s leadership is like the Islamic State

Anonymous member of ultra-Orthodox party attacks its chairman, voices support for Eli Yishai

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

Uri Ariel said on verge of signing with Yishai

No women expected on planned list of Shas, Jewish Home defectors. MK Orit Strock may take administrative role

Pakistan or Palestine?

The dailies are shocked by the massacre of schoolchildren in Pakistan and worried about Palestinian diplomatic moves

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