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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 472

Aryeh Deri

President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, December 16, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams FLASH90)
December 19, 2024, 2:36 pm
Reservist charged in Prime Minister’s Office leak scandal asks Herzog for a pardon
Attorneys for noncommissioned officer say he realizes what he did was prohibited, will not be repeated; president says he’s reviewing request, which is also backed by 50 MKs
By ToI Staff
Ultra-orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against IDF enlistment in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
December 17, 2024, 1:36 am
Katz envisions half of Haredi men eventually enlisting while rest stay in ‘Torah world’
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair warns against coalition efforts to bypass his panel on ultra-Orthodox conscription issue; Lapid slams bill as ‘a complete sham’
By Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
December 9, 2024, 12:36 pm
Security cabinet ministers urge AG, court to delay Netanyahu’s graft testimony
Almost every minister signs letter appealing to Baharav-Miara and district court judge, claiming diverting PM’s attention from regional affairs now would harm national security
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center), Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, November 1, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 1, 2024, 4:05 pm
Cabinet approves 2025 budget proposal after last-minute backtrack over stipend freezes
Ministers agree to scrap proposed freeze for Holocaust survivors, bereaved families; opposition pans agreement; Gantz: Anyone who supports this should feel shame for rest of their life
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, speaking next to a protest tent organized by bereaved families of soldiers killed during the war in Gaza, close to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 27, 2024, 5:50 pm
Smotrich is irredeemably losing favor among voters for backing Haredi draft evasion
Finance minister fails to realize that opposing a hostage deal won’t win back support, as religious Zionists seek new political home that would give IDF service its rightful place
By Tal Schneider
Shas party leader MK Aryeh Deri in the Knesset, Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 13, 2024, 10:25 pm
Shas chief Deri was aware state funds were going to party newspaper — report
AG probing Shas Minister Haim Biton after money meant for party-linked educational network allegedly used to pay salaries at Shas mouthpiece HaDerech
By Sam Sokol
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer welcoming new immigrants at Ben Gurion airport, August 1, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
September 10, 2024, 8:05 pm
Far-right minister Sofer signals backing for unity government, Ben Gvir opposes
Lapid ‘wants to drag Israel and Netanyahu into complete surrender,’ argues Ben Gvir, rejecting opposition leader’s possible inclusion in coalition as ‘a prize for Yahya Sinwar’
By Sam Sokol
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
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