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Aryeh Deri

United Torah Judaism election candidate Eliakim Stark speaks at an election event in Beit Shemesh, October 15, 2026. (Screenshot/X/Avi Moskoff)
October 16, 2026, 12:39 pm
Outrage as UTJ candidate likens situation of ultra-Orthodox in Israel to Jews in Holocaust
Stark says draft-dodging men can’t travel for marriage matches: ‘Reminds me of our grandparents’ stories’; Pindrus, Deri regret backing Ohana, a gay MK, as Knesset speaker: ‘Desecration of God’s name’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Police face off against ultra-Orthodox protesters outside an office building housing an IDF program in Bnei Brak, October 14, 2026. (Israel Police)
October 15, 2026, 11:20 am
2 arrested in Bnei Brak amid rioting at building housing ultra-Orthodox IDF program
Protesters storm office building where Kodcode cyber training unit for Haredi servicemembers is located; no injuries reported
By Noam Lehmann
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote in the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 14, 2026, 9:46 pm
Deri says Shas, like UTJ, won’t join next government without a draft exemption law
Haredi leader’s comments draw rebukes from Bennett and Liberman, who warn voting for such a govenrment would lead to greater burden on IDF reservists
By Ariela Karmel
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem, September 2012. (Flash90)
September 16, 2026, 8:31 pm
High Court won’t reverse AG’s decision to bar state-funded memorial for Shas Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
Court decides petition moot since event can’t be planned in time for intended October 6 date; religious rights group says Shas election candidate, IDF reservist, should be disqualified
By Jeremy Sharon and Ariela Karmel
Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg (right), attends the registration of political parties ahead of the election at the Knesset in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2026, 2:43 am
Israel’s election takes shape as 38 parties submit slates, in battle between pro- and anti-Netanyahu blocs
Major parties registering on Tuesday feature few women candidates in realistic spots; Shas adds IDF reservist; Sukkot slides on Religious Zionism list; Blue and White makes last-ditch survival effort
By Stav Levaton, Ariela Karmel and Emanuel Fabian
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri attends a vote in the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 1:47 pm
Deri dismisses issue of ultra-Orthodox draft evasion, saying IDF ‘knows how to cope’
Shas party chairman declines to urge his community to enlist, citing lack of ‘real tracks’ for Haredi soldiers; asked about the Hasmonean Brigade, says he ‘hasn’t looked into it’
By ToI Staff
A screenshot from a Shas campaign video featuring an IDF soldier from a Haredi background, which the Central Elections Committee ordered the part to take down on August 23, 2026. (Screenshot/Shas)
August 23, 2026, 7:19 pm
Election czar orders Shas to remove ad claiming troops support Haredi party
Judge gives Aryeh Deri 2 days to respond to Yashar petition alleging the video, featuring a religious family welcoming their soldier son home, violates election rules
By Sam Sokol
Shas party chief Aryeh Deri (left) and Yashar head Gadi Eisenkot seen at the funeral of Lt. Col. Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay at Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, on January 7, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 2:59 pm
Eisenkot threatens to siphon traditional voters away from a panicking Shas
Fearing a mass voter exodus over the draft crisis, Aryeh Deri staged a show of unity with Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef to save his party from a humiliating collapse
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, during a weekly teaching at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem, on June 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 12, 2026, 10:25 am
Former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef reportedly orders students not to vote for Shas
Religious leader, who sits on the party’s rabbinic council, said to privately call for toppling right-wing coalition, saying Netanyahu and allies ‘hate us, but the left respects us’; he denies the story
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Justice Minister Yariv Levin talk in the Knesset on July 16, 2026, hours before parliament dispersed ahead of general elections on October 27, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2026, 10:32 am
Knesset officially disperses, after coalition completes its drastic legislative blitz
Motion to dissolve parliament ahead of Oct. 27 elections passes 62-0 with backing only from Netanyahu’s coalition, after it was tacked onto a disputed party financing law; Speaker calls 25th Knesset ‘most challenging’ in history
By ToI Staff
Shas chair Aryeh Deri (left) attends a Knesset plenum session and a vote on a bill to split the duties and powers of the attorney general, on July 15, 2026 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attends a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, July 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 5:11 pm
Deri accuses IDF chief of election interference for opposing ban on arresting draft dodgers
Shas chair, a member of key security cabinet, claims Zamir harmed the army by speaking out against law benefiting Haredi evaders, says he no longer recognizes High Court’s authority after it froze legislation
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against conscription to the IDF, July 15, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2026, 7:20 pm
High Court freezes implementation of law banning arrest of Haredi draft-dodgers
Court cites previous rulings and ‘weighty arguments’ by petitioners who argue law is discriminatory. Cabinet minister, MKs call on police to disobey the order
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reserve combat officers in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, June 23, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
June 23, 2026, 9:50 pm
Haredi parties deny report of deal with Netanyahu to pass array of pre-election laws
Report claims sides agreed on Oct. 20 election date, and to pass laws to boost rights of Torah students, stop arrests of draft-evaders, constrict AG’s role, hold PM’s favored political probe of Oct. 7
By Sam Sokol
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
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