Shas ‘eagerly awaiting’ hostage-ceasefire agreement: ‘We’ll support a deal that will save human lives’

By Sam Sokol 16 January 2025, 4:58 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel attends a plenum session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Shas is “eagerly awaiting the completion of the hostage deal,” Interior Minister Moshe Arbel tells the ultra-Orthodox party’s annual conference.

“We know how to put our opinion aside and completely obey the Council of Torah Sages and their instructions,” he says. “As students before our rabbis, we will support a deal that will save human lives.”

Arbel adds that he has informed Haim Bibas, chairman of the Federation of Local Authorities, that his ministry “is prepared for whatever is needed to assist the hostages and their families.”