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Aryeh Deri
An Israeli woman carries a sign as Left-wing and Right-wing demonstrators are separated by police during protests in support and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on March 02, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
January 28, 2021, 11:04 am
Israel seen as increasingly corrupt for fourth year in a row, index finds
Transparency International watchdog finds Jewish state falling closer to ‘red line’ below which countries are considered to have a high level of corruption
By TOI staff
United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) in the Knesset on November 24, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
January 25, 2021, 8:33 pm
Under Haredi pressure, PM said to agree to soften bill hiking lockdown fines
Netanyahu condemns violent riots, but moves to appease ultra-Orthodox allies; Gantz threatens to lift lockdown by Knesset vote if premier goes ahead with deal
By TOI staff
Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends the traditional selling of the the hametz (food containing leavening) of the state of Israel to a non-Jew before the upcoming Passover holiday, on March 29, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 25, 2021, 4:52 pm
As 4 cops hurt in fresh clashes, chief rabbi slams ‘delinquent’ Haredi rioters
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef says perpetrators are a minority ‘desecrating God’s name’; Netanyahu vows ‘heavy hand’ to deal with ultra-Orthodox mob violence
By TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrate against a police enforcement of lockdown orders due to the coronavirus, in the city of Bnei Brak, January 24, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 25, 2021, 3:28 pm
Ultra-Orthodox MKs said to warn Netanyahu against bill increasing lockdown fines
Haredi parties reportedly threaten ‘broad consequences’ if Knesset passes legislation doubling penalties for breaking closure orders
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in the Knesset building, on March 3, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 8, 2021, 11:47 am
Interior Minister Deri to be charged with tax offenses, pending hearing
Attorney general decides to indict Shas party leader, but close case into more serious suspicion that he diverted state money to his family members
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Illustrative: A Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
December 30, 2020, 5:28 pm
Couples marry online via State of Utah to beat lack of civil marriages in Israel
But after population authority recognizes the certificates, Interior Minister Deri blocks process, demands it be reviewed by senior officials
By Stuart Winer
An ultra-Orthodox man walks near an election campaign poster showing Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on April 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 30, 2020, 8:58 am
Haredi parties signal ardent alliance with Netanyahu no longer a given
UTJ and Shas have stuck by Likud for the last five years, but as political winds shift, they are letting other parties know that their loyalty may be up for grabs
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Interior Ministry Aryeh Deri in an interview with the ultra-Orthodox news site Kikar HaShabbat, broadcast on May 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Kikar HaShabbat)
December 24, 2020, 7:08 pm
Watchdog says Interior Ministry has ‘sewn up’ food aid criteria to suit Haredim
As 3rd lockdown looms, Movement for Quality Government petitions High Court against ministry’s decision to award NIS 700 million of food vouchers on basis of city rate discounts
By Sue Surkes
Passengers at the Ben Gurion Airport departure hall on December 14, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 21, 2020, 11:47 am
Cabinet to vote on banning all international flights amid new virus strain fears
Netanyahu: ‘Close the skies as fast as possible’; officials say more infectious variant possibly already in Israel; Health Ministry chief warns country likely headed into lockdown
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Interior MInister Aryeh Deri speaks to reporters after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 20, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 20, 2020, 8:45 pm
Shas party chief predicts Knesset won’t dissolve this week
Aryeh Deri says Likud, Blue and White discussing briefly pushing off budget deadline to allow for more time to reach deal preventing early elections
By TOI staff
Illustrative: An Etihad Airways plane lands at at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on October 20, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 10, 2020, 8:53 pm
Social distancing fiasco at airport as huge crowd gathers at passport control
TV news reporter publishes image showing hundreds of passengers crowded together; Interior Ministry said to send top immigration official to deal with matter
By TOI staff
Interior Ministry Aryeh Deri in an interview with the ultra-Orthodox news site Kikar HaShabbat, broadcast on May 9, 2020. (Screenshot/Kikar HaShabbat)
December 3, 2020, 6:15 am
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said to secure top jobs for brother, son
Shas leader’s child Yaakov given department to head in World Zionist Organization, while brother promoted to co-chair of Jewish National Fund, Channel 12 reports
By TOI staff
A homeless man in Jerusalem. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has emerged as one of the developed world’s most economically unequal countries. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 28, 2020, 12:32 pm
Coronavirus is driving thousands of people into hunger. Where is the state?
Charities shoulder most of the burden for food insecurity as a lack of government funding, and perhaps of will, leaves no guiding hand for largely helpless social welfare agencies
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Defense Minister Benny Gantz issue a statement at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Tal Shahar, Yediot Ahronoth, Pool)
November 23, 2020, 6:01 pm
Netanyahu, Gantz trade fire on submarine inquiry as coalition collapse looms
After defense minister forms inquiry committee into Case 3000, Likud raps his ‘shameful use’ of IDF; Deri apparently walks back vow that Gantz will be PM
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, holds a joint press conference with United States Vice President Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2016. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
November 3, 2020, 10:06 pm
TV: ‘Jerusalem’ said expecting a Biden victory; Shas leader prays for Trump win
Unnamed Israeli officials predict that Democratic challenger will prevail, Channel 12 says; it notes Jerusalem officials expected a Clinton win in 2016
By TOI staff
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