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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Labor minister Ben-Tzur becomes last Shas cabinet member to submit his resignation
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Labor Minister Yoav Ben-Tzur submits his resignation, making him the latest Shas politician to leave the cabinet following yesterday evening’s decision to quit the government over its failure to pass a law exempting most yeshiva students from military service.
“Out of immense appreciation for Torah scholars, I have just submitted my resignation letter from my position as labor minister,” Ben-Tzur tweets.
Touting his ministry’s “many accomplishments for the benefit of reserve soldiers” and other groups, Ben-Tzur pledges that despite no longer being a member of the cabinet, he will continue to work for the rescue of the “hostages in Hamas captivity crying out to us to save them.”
Ben-Tzur follows Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, Social Affairs Minister Yaakov Margi and Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli, who all tendered their resignations today.
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