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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Aryeh Deri

Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a Shas party meeting at the Knesset, January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2024, 6:45 pm
Shas said pushing PM to bring opposition parties into coalition, weaken Ben Gvir
Report claims Aryeh Deri reached out to National Unity and Yesh Atid MKs to explore possibility of cooperation amid several bitter feuds with far-right national security minister
By Sam Sokol
File — Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef sells the hametz (food containing leavening) of the state of Israel before the upcoming Passover holiday in Jerusalem, April 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 14, 2024, 11:54 pm
In clips with Arabic subtitles, Jerusalem rabbis condemn Jewish prayer at Temple Mount
After Ben Gvir says it’s ‘policy’ to allow Jewish prayer at contested site, over PM’s denials, spiritual leaders slam ‘radical fringes,’ affirm ruling Jews should stay away entirely
By Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir addresses the Knesset plenum, July 24, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/ Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
August 5, 2024, 10:35 pm
Ben Gvir blocks ‘Rabbis Law’ for 3rd time, demands inclusion in PM’s security forum
Religious Services Law and three pieces of Otzma Yehudit-backed legislation removed from Knesset agenda, as national security minister launches attacks on both Shas and Likud
By Sam Sokol
Otzma Yehudit chief Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and Shas leader Aryeh Deri seen speaking separately in the Knesset in this composite image. (Flash90)
July 24, 2024, 3:14 pm
Itamar Ben Gvir’s exclusion from Netanyahu’s security forum sparks public feud with Shas
Shas chief Deri reportedly ‘vetoes’ far-right minister’s inclusion in proposed high-level decision-making body, whereupon Otzma Yehudit threatens to block coalition legislation
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Yehuda Deri (R), chief rabbi of the southern city of Beersheba, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on December 12, 2012. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch / FLASH90)
July 10, 2024, 4:51 pm
Eyebrows raised as son of late Beersheba rabbi is declared his successor at funeral
With no apparent authority to do so, ex-Sephardic chief rabbi announces at cemetery that son of Yehuda Deri will take over his father’s role as southern city’s top rabbinical figure
By ToI Staff
Chairman of the Shas party, MK Aryeh Deri, speaks during an interview at his home in Jerusalem, on April 15, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
July 10, 2024, 3:13 pm
Shas to resume voting with coalition, but Ben Gvir digs heels in, keeping crisis alive
As Haredi party backs off from confrontation, Otzma Yehudit party still refuses to support coalition legislation, though it agrees to vote down Wednesday’s opposition bills
By ToI Staff
Shas leader Aryeh Deri (L) listens to his brother Beersheba's late chief rabbi Yehuda Deri. (Yaakov Cohen)
July 9, 2024, 5:27 pm
Yehuda Deri, brother of Shas leader and Beersheba chief rabbi, dies at 66
Deri died after complications from infection; spiritual leaders and politicians mourn rabbinical judge who was seen as leading candidate to become Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel
By Canaan Lidor
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a court hearing in Jerusalem on July 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:38 pm
Coalition pulls all bills from Knesset agenda, blaming ‘irresponsible’ Otzma Yehudit
Coalition whip Ofir Katz takes step a day after far-right party’s leader torpedoes Shas-fronted bill on funding religious councils and accuses PM of ‘running a one-man government’
By Sam Sokol
Hostage mothers, activists and Knesset members protest at the Knesset, marking nine months of their captivity, on July 8, 2024. The banner reads, "A mother never gives up." (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing July 9: Day 277 – Tension in Knesset as coalition swerves
Knesset reporter Sam Sokol reviews Monday, when a hostage’s brother is tossed from a meeting, Ben Gvir and Shas trade insults, and Naftali Bennett considers a return to politics
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ashkenazi former chief rabbi David Lau, right, and Israel's Sephardi former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attend an event at a ceremony in Jerusalem, June 30, 2023. (The Chief Rabbinate of Israel)
July 5, 2024, 9:17 pm
A fight over women’s representation leaves Israel’s Jews without chief rabbis
The Justice Ministry’s demand that the rabbinate consider women for a position traditionally reserved for rabbis is key to the delay in succession for the first time in over a century
By Canaan Lidor
Rabbi Moshe Maya leaves the venue of a meeting of the Shas Torah Sages Council in Jerusalem on February 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 26, 2024, 5:01 pm
Senior Shas rabbi spurns draft compromise, says even those not studying must not enlist
Moshe Maya’s maximalist position not shared even by politicians of his own movement; some Haredim fear army service will endanger devotion of young men exposed to outside culture
By Canaan Lidor
Police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against the military draft, in the central city of Bnei Brak, on June 20, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
June 26, 2024, 4:24 pm
Evading national service in the Jewish state is the opposite of authentic Judaism
Belatedly outlawed by the High Court, the norm under which the Haredi community is excluded from its responsibilities is an indefensible aberration and a betrayal of Jewish values
By David Horovitz
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni, center, speaks alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas party leader Aryeh Deri, at the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2024, 5:30 pm
Failure of ‘Rabbis Bill’ shatters Haredi trust in PM, putting coalition on thin ice
After Likud MKs rebel over contentious measure, ultra-Orthodox lawmakers accuse Netanyahu of being unable to keep party in line, doubt he can deliver on IDF draft bill
By Sam Sokol
Likud MKs Tally Gotliv, left, and Moshe Saada attend a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 18, 2024; they both expressed opposition to the so-called "Rabbis Bill." (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 10:28 pm
PM boots rebel MKs from committee, insists on urgent vote on jobs-for-rabbis law
Otzma Yehudit accuses Shas of making ‘political deal’ with Arabs to pass controversial bill; ultra-Orthodox party slams ‘lies’ and ‘blackmail,’ demands coalition partner’s support
By Sam Sokol
The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee discusses a bill to expand the number of municipal rabbis across the country, June 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 2:02 pm
Knesset panel pushes off vote on contentious bill expanding Chief Rabbinate’s influence
Likud MKs object to promoting law during wartime; with municipalities expected to shoulder part of the cost, mayors express outrage, demand funds go to help residents during war
By Sam Sokol
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